StemLife Lodges Police Report Over Blog Article
I'm thinking like what the heck, what the hell!!
Curiousity kills a cat (or millions of cats), I googled about the mentioned blog and found it here.
Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Use StemLie
Obviously no matter which method you use, Levenshtein distance measure? Soundex algorithm or etc, the word Stemlie strongly similar to Stemlife. By now most people should know which company the blog owner referred to.
I'm not really a life science related person but at least I know where to look for more information.
Below are what I found on the Internet that I believe quite interesting to the subject matter.
A. From Thai StemLife
THAI StemLife provides:
Counseling of clients and training of medical professionals
The essence of decades long experience in cryostorage in ART/IVF, unique in Thailand, none of the existing companies in Thailand have similar backgrounds
Effective and proven collection methods (high volume closed system) that most doctors prefer and that is US FDA approved– Blood Bag System
AABB compliant and identical processes
ISO 9001/2000 accredited
A 365 days (round the clock) collection and courier service throughout the country
A 24/7 hotline service to a highly trained representative
Liaising with transplantation specialist centers for the use of the adult stem cells
Liaising with stem cell treatment specialist centers for the use of the adult stem cells (diabetes/heart)
Assured optimum storage facilities and use of the Thermogenesis stem cell storage bag
Testing of maternal and cord blood for contaminants and infectious diseases
Zero percent (0%-sic!) in-laboratory contamination
Assured intact cold chain transport from hospital collection to cryogenic storage and back to clinic for applications when necessary
Only company in Thailand with Cryoshipper, liquid portable nitrogen tank to transport your sample in the most optimal conditions possible
Licensed to transport biological goods by International Shippers
No unnecessary transports to foreign countries
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My Comments: I don't see any assuring evidences that the product is assuring. ISO standards mostly dealt with documentation and some generic guidelines. Mentions of 'AABB compliant and identical processes' doesn't say it is AABB accredited.
Compared to another competitor mentioned in the blog, CordLife, I found this:
CordLife: AABB Accreditation . CordLife REALLY got the real accreditation and StemLife as far as I searched, only mentioned about compliance/identical. Emmm, abit misleading.
Even better, from a Wiki article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_blood
Public cord blood banking is strongly supported by the medical community. However, private cord blood banking is generally not recommended unless there is a family history of specific genetic diseases. Private banking is unlawful in France and Italy, and opposed by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.
The word "Unlawful" really is shocking. This starts to sound like "Lampe Berger" case.
Anyway, maybe I'm just not specialize to give my own facts but hey, this is what consumers react to information(fact?). Lodging a police report in this case is like try to stop the information (fact?) out flow before the public start to realize what kind of scheme they subscribing in.
LOL.
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