What testing is performed by NeoCells?
Upon receipt of the collected cord blood and maternal blood specimens, the cord blood and maternal blood will undergo a battery of laboratory tests and assays. The cord blood will be checked for blood volume and tested for blood type, bacterial or fungal contamination, CD34 marker nucleated cell counts and cell viability verification, and the maternal blood will undergo virology testing to screen for the presence of infectious diseases. Once determined that the cord blood stem cells are acceptable for cryopreservation and storage, we cryopreserve and store the specimen and provide you with a clinical report of the volume collected and the nucleated counts for the cells most critical to use in any future transplant procedure.
