StemWay BIOTECH is a knowledge Company active in the field of stem cells and predictive and personalized genetics, able to provide all the information and assistance necessary to ensure your well-being and that of your family.
Our aim is to help all people, as well as future mothers, to have a better knowledge of their health and that of their child, providing simple and reliable products and services. In addition to ensuring a serious and rigorous service of treatment and conservation of cord blood stem cells in laboratories with the main international accreditations, StemWay Biotech aims to provide a continuous update on the possibilities of conservation, on the progress of scientific research and on the medical applications of stem cells and predictive genetics, directed to both parents and health professionals. One of our experts will be able to show you which are the most reliable prenatal non-invasive tests, totally risk-free, such as the fetal DNA test. It is often difficult to assess which path to follow, StemWay Biotech puts at your disposal the best options that science offers today, in order to help you live your pregnancy more serenely.
We are among the most important providers of predictive genetic tests, counseling and prevention services. Predictive medicine makes it possible to identify the probability of developing a disease and consequently to develop measures to prevent it or significantly reduce its impact on the individual. Our main aim is to help you to be more aware of your health by informing you in advance about the predisposition to develop a specific disease or allowing an early diagnosis. In addition to a wide range of genetic tests for your prevention we can also provide you with our personalized nutrigenomics and sportgenomics services, useful to know your sensitivities or food intolerances, or to identify your sporting attitudes.
Once future parents have decided to enroll with StemWay Biotech Ltd. they must request the KIT for blood collection and transport to the chosen laboratory after paying the 290 euro fee. After payment, future parents will receive the KIT, which also include all the necessary information to request to the Ministry of Health the authorization for umbilical cord blood export and the necessary documentation and instructions for your caregiver to perform UCB collection. The authorization might take some time so we recommend to request the KIT in the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy and to inform your caregiver and sanitary structure where delivery will take place that you plan to collect and store UCB. When you go to deliver your baby you must bring the KIT with you and to give it to the caregiver responsible for collection. Cord blood is collected from the umbilical cord immediately after the birth of the baby and after the cord has been cut. Once the collection has been performed you need to contact the number stated on the KIT in order to follow the previously established instructions for shipping to the laboratory. At this time, as at all times, parents can contact StemWay personnel for further support and assistance. Once in the laboratory the stem cells will be counted and isolated, then cryogenically frozen and stored ready for use should they be required.
Stem cells are cells that are not specialized, i.e. have not differentiated into a specific cellular function. These are cells that are capable of dividing and renewing them selves for long period of times, and can give rise to specialized cell types.