Uzbekistan to set up amniotic stem cell bank

AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan has initiated establishment of a stem cell bank at the Latest Technologies Center of the Research Gematology and Blood Transfusion Institute. The medical facilities of the country will be able to obtain information from the bank on presence of samples of stem cells for transplantation to patients with cancer and other serious diseases.
More than 170 amniotic stem cell banks function across the world now.
An amniotic stem cell bank is a facility that stores stem cells derived from amniotic fluid for future use. Stem cell samples in private (or family) banks are stored specifically for use by the individual person from whom such cells have been collected and the banking costs are paid by such person. The sample can later be retrieved only by that individual and for the use by such individual or, in many cases, by her or his first-degree blood relatives. In case of amniotic fluid stem cell banking, the mother providing the donation initially has ownership of the stem cells and financial responsibility for its storage. When the child from that pregnancy reaches legal age, the ownership and responsibility for the sample may be transferred.