The amniotic and umbilical cord material is obtained from consenting donors after a scheduled C-section. No babies are harmed and no embryonic stem cells are used. The material is acquired in a sterile, approved fashion and then processed at an FDA registered/certified facility.
For amniotic fluid and umbilical cord tissue, it is cryogenically frozen once processing is complete which preserves cell viability. It is kept frozen at -80 degrees Celsius until it is needed for a procedure. Shipping occurs on dry ice to keep the material frozen.
Per FDA classification as a biologic, the products are minimally manipulated. The material is rich with multiple extracellular matrix proteins, growth factors, cytokines, exosomes, stem cells and other specialty proteins.