Crioestaminal, the leading stem cell laboratory, celebrates 18 years of experience in Portugal, reinforcing its commitment to the community, science and its employees in accessing personalized therapies based on stem cells and in the development of research projects for new therapies.
Supporting future parents in the most important phase of their lives, pregnancy and the arrival of a baby, has been Crioestaminal’s main focus over the years, with the promotion of various initiatives that aim to accompany and guide Portuguese families at this time. Special. The “Crio e Cuido” campaign, launched recently, reinforces this active role that Crioestaminal assumes, side by side with families, in promoting the well-being and protection of the little ones. In addition to caring for the community, it also extends this role to the environment, with the planting of a tree for the birthday of each child who has their umbilical cord blood stem cells kept in their laboratory, in order to contribute to the reforestation of the areas. most injured in the fires of recent years in our country.
At the same time, it has been dedicated to the development and availability of the most advanced technologies in order to promote preventive and personalized medicine, with a continuous investment of 10% of its turnover in Research & Development. In this context, Crioestaminal created a Research Bank with stem cells donated by families who do not intend to keep them for themselves, supporting scientific research and the development of new therapies for diseases currently without effective treatment, thus avoiding the “waste” of this potential therapeutic option.
According to André Gomes, founder and General Director of Crioestaminal, “to mark Crioestaminal’s 18th anniversary is to celebrate a path of commitment to the future of families”. “We have already contributed with samples of stem cells stored in our laboratory for the treatment of 10 Portuguese children and it is these success stories that drive us every day in the mission of providing access to the unique opportunity to store stem cells from the umbilical cord, from to expand treatment options and promote long-term improvements in the quality of life of families. To follow this path, ensuring the well-being of employees, who do every day to make the laboratory a reference in the medicine of the future, is also one of our priorities”, he stresses.
Crioestaminal is the only laboratory that individually tests all umbilical cord tissue samples and the only European laboratory with accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) for both the processing of blood and cord tissue. The quality of the leading stem cell laboratory is not only recognized by the regulatory authorities, it has been extended to Portuguese families with distinction, in 2021, for the Five Star and Consumer Choice Awards, for the 8th consecutive year.
