About us
LIAISON Stem Cell Banking constitutes a model cord blood bank, specializing in the field of collection, treatment, isolation and cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells. LIAISON was founded in 2005, as a spin off company of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(AUTH), from academic members of the AUTH medical school. The company’s main office is based in the Technological Park of Thessaloniki of the National Centre of Research and Technological Development in Thermi, while the state of the art laboratories and cryopreservation units in the newly created Business Incubator THERMI I, part of what is known as, Thessaloniki’s innovation zone.
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The Laboratory
LIAISON’s laboratory functions under the highest standards, following the ISO15189 quality system (specialised for clinical laboratories). The processing of the samples is performed under very stringent conditions and controls, applying the lastest R&D methods for cord blood banking.
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NEWS
LIAISON Stem Cell Banking: Provision of new services- Cryopreservation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells
- PLACEM™: Sample enhancement by rinsing the placental blood vessels for additional hematopoietic stem cells
- 'Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Infusion for Type 1 Diabetes'
- 'First Report of Autologous Cord Blood Transplantation in the Treatment of a Child With Leukemia'
- 'Autologous Cord Blood Transplantation in a Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Central Nervous System Relapse'
Stem Cells
Stem cells are unspecialized cells which are characterized by the ability to renew themselves through mitotic divisions. Under certain conditions they are able to differentiate into a diverse range of specialized cell types in order to form tissues and organs.
Stem cells are distinguished from other cell types by three important characteristics…
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