Cryo-Save- the largest private stem cell bank in Europe- hasannounced today that on 30th January an agreement was reached withOsidea- an Italian non-profit making organization promoting thepublic storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells. In futurethrough this mutual<br />engagement parents will have the possibility to donate umbilicalcord blood stem cells<br />for the child's own use as well as for the solidarity or publicuse. Osidea- the dedicated association to the public healthand well-being of the Sardinian community- is facing high numbersof serious blood pathologies such as microcitemia- thalassemia andleukaemias.
Cryo-Save was selected and contacted by Osidea because of itsprofessional storage activities- social responsibility-pan-European reach and research on adult stem cells from the cordblood. Through its pan-European presence- Cryo-Save is developingfurther collaborations<br />with public stem cell banks in 18 European Member States and in 7other countries.