Expertise and Insight at Your Service
With rapid advances in prenatal and neonatal testing, clinicians are challenged to stay current on what tests to order, how to interpret results and what to tell their patients. Now there’s a laboratory network that specializes in those needs while enabling earlier, more accurate results for the greatest possible insight.
PerkinElmer Labs—one source for genetic screening, diagnostic testing and cord blood services that expand the range of possible medical care options.
Four trusted names. One trusted network.
Results right on time.
For earlier insights with greater accuracy, look to PerkinElmer Labs. We provide state-of-the-art prenatal, neonatal and other specialty testing to enable early results and more informed decision-making as well as umbilical cord stem cell services to enable timely medical care options. Our proven accuracy, expertise and leadership are your assurances of the most clinically relevant insight obtainable.
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12. 98 of 113 patients treated by 2009 March. Overall survival rate.
13. Overall probability of survival; based on Kaplan-Meier probability curves.
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ASH abstract submitted 2011 Aug. 11.
Disclaimer: Pursuant to applicable federal and/or state laboratory requirements, PerkinElmer Labs have established and verified the accuracy and precision of their respective testing services.
Banking cord blood does not guarantee that treatment will work and only a doctor can determine when it can be used. Cord tissue stem cells are not approved for use in treatment, but research is ongoing. ViaCord, LLC and ViaCord's Processing Laboratory are registered with the FDA.