Who owns my childs stem cells? Can they be sold or passed to anyone else?
Your child’s stem cells remain his/her property throughout life. Decisions about their use should be made with your child’s best interests at heart. As your child’s parents, you make these decisions until your child is an adult. In Australia, your child’s cord blood may not be sold to anyone, or used for any improper purpose. Biocell will not release your child’s cord blood unit to anyone but you or your adult child. And then, only after receiving written and proper instructions from you or your adult child, including a request from the physician who will be using the cells.
