SINGAPORE — About 5,300 cord blood units stored in a second Cordlife tank and a dry shipper have been deemed"non-viable", the Ministry of Health said on Monday .New: You can now listen to articles.
"Hence an estimated 5,300 CBUs from Tank B and the dry shipper are deemed non-viable as they are unlikely to be suitable for stem cell transplant purposes." “This will provide a preliminary, but meaningful, indication if the warming events had impacted the CBUs stored in these tanks,” said MOH. Given the findings, the 5,300 units in Tank B and dry shipper are “not likely to be suitable for stem-cell transplant purposes” and are deemed non-viable.
For Tank C, the duration of exposure to the highest temperature of -144.7°C might not have caused damage to the cord blood units, said MOH.