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A Better Life 
with YiPSCELL Banking

The advantage of iPS cells is that they can be changed to any type of cells in your body to treat yourself when needed. We aim at a future in which everyone has his/her iPS cells and can improve the quality of life. YiPSCELL Banking provides the perfect combination of comprehensive medical exam using the cutting-edge technologies and cellular-level examinations, as well as rejuvenation treatment using iPS cell technologies at our affiliated clinics. We pride ourselves on providing all the essences you need for your safe, sound, and healthy future through iPS cell technologies.
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YiPSCELL Banking Services

Based on iPS cell technologies, we help clients to prepare for future and identify your health risk.
We’re pleased to provide quality services for those who wish to live out their lives longer in a healthy manner.
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Our Services

YiPSCELL Banking services include personal iPS cell banking, comprehensive medical exam, and rejuvenation treatment as optional service. 
Please contact us if interested.

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Personal iPS Cell Banking Service
(Blood sampling and virus tests are also included.)

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Purchase Flow
1. Contact Us
Please feel free to contact us through our inquiry form. We are also pleased to provide more details about our services upon requests.


2. Online Consultation
We are pleased to provide online consultations with a detailed explanation of our services upon individual requests.




3. Informed Consent and Contract
In the informed consent, we explain our management of personal information and other details that our clients need to understand, followed by an official contract. After a deliberation period we proceed to blood collection (upon an official agreement of the contract)


4. Blood Sampling and Viral Testing
We collect about four tubes of blood for virus check (e.g., HIV and hepatitis B) to look into the suitability for the creation of iPS cells.



5. iPS Cell Production at our Manufacturing Facility
We isolate iPS cell seeds from blood, add initialization factors, and produce iPS cells for medical use at our exclusive facility in YiPSCELL, South Korea.






6.Cryopreservation of iPS Cells
iPS cells are well stored in a liquid nitrogen tank at -150°C.
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Personal iPS CellBanking Service


Access cutting-edge stem cell therapy and rejuvenation treatment with your own age-reverted cells.



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Personal iPS Cell Banking Service

What is the significance ofmaking and storing one's own iPS cells?
iPSCs are the only one type of stem cells which can be made from anyone and can be changed to any type of cells in our body. If the iPSCs are stored when you are healthy, the banked iPSCs can help you overcome different illness and injuries when needed.


Features of YiPSCELL Banking
YiPSCELL Banking’s personalized iPS cell products are created at a licensed facility approved by the MFDS. This facility also complies with the standards of the U.S. FDA. As clinical trials and studies for various transplant therapies using iPS cells are currently underway, YiPSCELL’s iPS cells are available for various usage once autologous transplants using iPS cells is commercialized.
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Advanced process management for medical use

YiPSCELL Banking manufactures iPS cells for clinical trials for major pharmaceutical agencies all around the world. Our experience, technologies, and advanced quality control all contribute to ensuring the conscientious creation of iPS cells for personalized medical use. I Peace is pleased to provide iPS cells based on our world-class quality assurance.
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The best cell collection method for clinical-grade cell production

At YiPSCELL Bank, we take blood samples to produce iPS cells from clients’ blood. The blood is collected directly into collection tubes so it is not exposed to air at all. Contamination of airborne bacteria and viruses can thus be effectively avoided. Compared with other cell collection methods such as skin cells, urine, and dental cells, the iPS cell technology is much more suitable for medical cell production. Furthermore, created iPS cells are cryopreserved only after their safety is confirmed through a string of advanced sterility and viral testing. 
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Approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and complied with the MFDS and FDA quality standard in the Korea and USA

YiPSCELL personal iPS cells are manufactured and stored in approved facilities. All processes comply with the official MFDS and FDA guidelines in the KOREA and USA. It, in fact, fulfilled the highest global quality standard. 
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Clinical-grade cell and cryopreservation system that complies with global medical cell standard

At YiPSCELL Bank, temperatures are strictly monitored at all times, and alerts are automatically sent out in the event of any abnormalities. We also adopt freezing methods and our materials all comply with international standards.

Significance of Personal iPS Cell Banking Service
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Preserve your healthy cells NOW

Healthy cells are essential in cell therapies. Healthy cells are those with insignificant genetic damage. As we age, our genes yet become more damaged, and the risk of developing disease increases. It is thus vitally important to produce and store iPS cells as early as possible, before cells become damaged. It helps to increase the possibility and effectiveness of future therapeutic applications and medical treatment. Considering this, producing and storing autologous iPS cells of your children or grandchildren could be a precious gift.
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Reduce future risks


Cell therapy manufacturing is time consuming. It takes a certain amount of time to generate iPS cells from a customer’s blood, evaluate their quality, and produce the type of cells needed for transplantation. Depending on the type of injury or disease, time could be a fatal constraint. Our life could be much more secured if we possess our own iPS cells preserved in a safe manner.
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Avoid immune rejection

The human body has an immune system rejecting cells from another human body. Therefore, cells transplanted from someone else would be unfortunately attacked by our immune system and got killed. One of the keys to success in cell transplantation is, therefore, whether the transplanted cells can settle in the body without being rejected by the immune system. Transplanting cells made from your cells would avoid immune rejection and maximize the effectiveness of cell transplantation therapy.
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Contributing to the acceleration of iPS cell research

Customers who agree to cooperate in the research (cooperation in the research is voluntary) will also help to put iPS cells in the research, thereby promote the development of treatments for intractable diseases and in turn contribute to save lives in the future, and release those suffer from terminal diseases.


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Creating a pioneering platform to bridge up customers with research institutesas a favorable environment for medical advancement
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Comprehensive Medical Exam


By conducting a comprehensive medical exam, you can learnabout potential risks of developing cancers and other diseases,
as well as your likelihood of developing cancer from environmental carcinogens.


State-of-the-Art Facility


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Cancer Genetic Test


The Cancer Gene Genetic Test is a test to determine cancer susceptibility
by extracting DNA related to various types of cancer and analyzingcancer-related genes.
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What is Cancer Genetic Test?

Cancer genetic test analyzes our DNA to determine cancer susceptibility. DNA and other samples are taken from cancer tissue/ blood and analyzed for mutations in cancer-related genes to determine cancer susceptibility. Since this test can examine multiple genes related to cancer as a set, it may discover mutations that could not be found in other tests focusing on only one type of gene. It also reveals the combination of genetic mutations that we have, thus contribute to locating the optimal treatments for individuals. Be mindful that the presence of a mutation does not necessarily mean confirmed development of cancer.


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The mechanism of cancer development

Cancer develops when genes in normal cells are damaged. The cell becomes a cancer cell when a gene is damaged so it no longer functions properly. Genetic testing for cancer examines whether a patient’s cancer-related genes are damaged, it thus indicates cancer susceptibility.


What is a microRNA cancer blood test?



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MicroRNAs are short nucleic acid molecules copied from DNA that regulate genes and proteins in human body. Cancer-specific microRNAs are involved in cancer metastasis and pathology. By examining the type and amount of microRNAs in the blood through miroculus technologies, various types of cancer can be effectively detected at an early stage simply by blood collection. High hopes are on this technology as a new diagnostic marker As the test is more sensitive than conventional methods (reaching 96% or higher). Participants can select up to 3 types of cancer from the following 13 options:
Esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, brain tumor, leukemia, lymphoma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer (male), ovarian cancer (female)
Differences in different genetic testing for cancer
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A tumor marker for cancer detection might be generally included as one of the inspection items in medical checkups. The simplest elaboration on the difference between a genetic testing for cancer and a microRNA test/tumor marker test is that cancer test is “a test to determine future cancer susceptibility,” while the microRNA test and tumor marker test are “for the determination whether cancer is currently developing in the body.

Once cancer started to develop in human body, a special substance called a tumor marker is produced in blood. It, is rarely seen in healthy individuals . The development of cancer develops increase the tumor marker index inside human body.
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Familial genetic variations

Genetic testing for cancer may reveal familial cancer gene mutations. In such cases, family members, such as parents and siblings, may also have the same genetic mutation. The undesirably higher risk of developing cancer is not an individual issue but for the entire family. Considering the anxiety to be spread to different family members, we are pleased to notify the result to clients’ specified extent.
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Is cancer hereditary?
Genetic damage created by acquired factors such as lifestyle and environmental factors are not hereditary. However, as mentioned previously, some people are congenitally at high risk of developing cancer due to the genetic defects thvey were born with. In those cases, the higher risk of developing cancer could be, unfortunately, passed down to  generations.


Rejuvenation Treatment


We provide innovative stem cell-based age-reversing treatments to rejuvenate your skin and body.


What is an iPS cell culture supernatant?


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iPS cell culture supernatant is obtained from the culture of iPS cells. This supernatant is rich in nutrients to keep cells young and healthy, such as growth factors, peptides, nutrients, and minerals.

* iPS cell culture supernatant
The supernatant is the filtered supernatant of the culture fluid produced during the iPS cell creation process.
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YiPSCELL Cosmetic
iPS cell supernatant cosmetics

We have successfully developed cosmetic ingredients from iPS cell culture supernatant fluid- “YiPCELL Cosmic”, the discernible ingredient derived from iPS cell culture supernatant fluid”. We pride ourselves to be the first corporate ever in world to register this ingredient in the international raw material standards, which was approved in a string of safety tests. “YiPCELL Cosmic” penetrates deep into the skin to moisturize and smoothen glossy skin. Repeated usage is the key to fine and firm skin.
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Rejuvenation Treatment

You can have the procedure performed under advanced aesthetic medical supervision at our partner cosmetic clinics.
The iPS cell culture supernatant solution is applied through Dermapen micro-needling treatment to penetrate to even deeper layers of human skin more directly than conventional cosmetics.



What are iPS cells?

iPS cells are ideal for cell transplantation 
therapy and drug discovery.



What are iPS cells?

iPS cells are produced from human cells such as skin cells and blood cells. Developed by Professor Shinya Yamanaka from the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, iPS cells can be used to create various types of cells in the human body, including heart, brain, and blood, and a wide range of applications are expected in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.


The greatest strengths of iPS cells

1. Ideal for Autologous transplantation
(*Autologous transplantation - the treatment in which one's own cells are transplanted into the body)

2. Highly proliferative3. A greater number of applications compared to other cells



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1. Ideal for Autologous transplantation

There are various types of stem cells, including ES cells and mesenchymal stem cells. iPS cells are remarkably suitable for autologous transplantation because iPS cells can be created from one’s own cells. Dental pulp stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells can also be extracted from one’s own body through tooth removal and skin extraction. Yet, we help to generate iPS cells from blood in the merest blood collection.
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2. Highly Proliferative

Compared to other stem cells, iPS cells have a higher proliferative capacity. To utilize them for cell therapy, a sufficient amount of cells are needed. The problem with other types of stem cells is that they have limited proliferate capacity so that it is difficult to gain sufficient amount of cells for cell transplantation therapy. By creating and storing your own iPS cells, you will able to have necessary amount of cells for cell therapy. While other stem cells are used up once they have been stored,  iPS cells can be proliferated over and over as long as a small amount of iPS cells are well stored.
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3. A greater number of applications compared to other stem cells

One of the representative features of iPS cells is that they can form various types of cells, such as immune cells to defend cancer, nerves, and muscles. Other stem cells can only transform into limited types of cells.With iPS cell generation technologies, we can expect an adequate amount of cells derived from iPS cells for regenerative medicine. In particular, investment has been made worldwide in research and development over the past few years to produce immune cells called T cells from iPS cells as a cancer treatment. Practical use in cancer immunotherapy is also highly feasible in the near future.Clinical studies for treatment using iPS cells are currently underway for a variety of other diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, age-related macular degeneration, corneal diseases, and ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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Reservation Process





1. Contact Us
First, please contact us using the inquiry form.





2. Online consultation (upon request)
We then organize an online consultation to provide the details of our services and the service flow.





3.Informed Consent and Contract
In the informed consent process, we will explain our privacy policies concerning with the management of personal information and other important details that our clients need to understand, and we will provide a service contract. After a deliberation period, we proceed to blood collection after an official agreement of the contract.




4. Start of Service
We are pleased to announce the start our iPS cell production service, cutting-edge physical checkups, 
and cosmetic medicine services.




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About Our Services




Why do I need to create my iPS cell now? Can I do that later when I need it?

There is no age limit for the generation of iPS cells, essentially allowing for their production at any age. However, be mindful that various diseases can be caused by DNA damage as we age. Generating iPS cells from damaged cells is highly undesirable, affecting the purity and quality of the cells.  It is highly advisable to create iPS cells when we are healthy.




What is the difference when compared with the iPS cell banking services provided by other agencies?

Our iPS cell banking service is set apart by three key features. First, our iPS cells are produced from blood. The collected blood goes directly into a blood collection tube without exposure to air, thus no bacteria, viruses, or foreign substances are mixed with the sample. While iPS cells are the best cell type for medical use, the use of urine and dental cells for iPS cell manufacturing is considered difficult to guarantee sterility. Second, our cells are produced at a clinical-grade manufacturing facility that meets the international pharmaceutical quality standards for cell production. 



Why does My Peace create iPS cells from blood?

iPS cells can be produced from urine and dental pulp too, however, it entails exposure to bacteria or other impurities in the air. To produce high-quality medical grade iPS cells, it is essential to collect them in a way in which they are not exposed to the external environment.



How much blood is collected for iPS cell production?

A total of approximately 60ml (4 tablespoons) of blood is collected for iPS cell production across four blood collection tubes, which includes the portion needed for virus testing.



Would it happen that iPS cells cannot be produced in some cases? Are there any ways to tackle the problem if that happen?What would happen if iPS cells cannot be produced in my case? Are there any workarounds if that problem happens?

If any infectious virus is found in the tests conducted upon blood collection, we may need to decline the iPS cell production. Also, depending on the client’s physical condition on the day of the collection, iPS cell production may become difficult. In such case, we may need to return to the blood collection procedure and start over the process.
If we are still unable to produce iPS cells from your blood for some reason, we will refund according to the cancellation policy. 




Is there a backup for the cell storage?

All iPS cells are frozen in multiple tubes in a safe and secure manner, to ensure plenty of backup. We also have spare liquid nitrogen tanks and a backup system to provide necessary cold storage in case of emergency.




How many years can iPS cells be cryopreserved?

When cryopreserved, your iPS cells will be stored until the end of your period of service contract. Once cells are cryopreserved, they will not divide again until after thawing, when they will begin to generate new cells. At this moment, there is no scientific data to assert how long iPS cells can be stored since the world’s first iPS cell ever was created in 2007 and there is no data going back beyond that point.  Experiments and studies revealed that other cells can be stored for decades, ensuring cells are readily available when patients need them.




Can my family/relatives use my stored items?

Access to stored items is only authorized to our client. Personalized iPS cells cannot be used by others due to the mismatch in immunotype and the high risk of immune rejection.




About iPS Cells




What sorts of iPS cell transplantation therapies are expected?

Cancer immunotherapy, diabetes, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, age-related macular degeneration, heart disease, joint disease, and many other types of diseases are being studied.
For more information, please see What are IPS cells




How far have transplantation studies using iPS cells progressed?

Research has progressed significantly since the successful generation of iPS cells reported in 2006. Currently, various clinical studies are being conducted using iPS cell-derived CAR-T cells for cancer immunotherapy, cardiac disease, neurological disease, diabetes, and other diseases. There are as many as 50 clinical trials in progress in the U.S., 30 in Europe, and 12 in Japan. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.




What kind of medical treatments can iPS cells be applied to in the future?

It is widely believed that an era is coming very soon where we can tackle human diseases by transplanting cells, as is the case of cancer immunotherapy using T cells. Moreover, there are also concrete studies on the creation of human tissues and organs using iPS cell-derived cells, not to mention the countless contributions to medicine development.




I heard that the iPS creation process could induce cancer…

We have adopted production techniques to reduce the risk of cancer development when we generate iPS cells. We also take extra safety procedures to prove that the cancer-causing genes are not damaged in the donor cells prior to iPS cell generation.

There are three major causes of iPS cell tumorigenesis. Below is a list of the three major causes and our methods to generate iPS cells through safe and secure technologies that eliminate these causes and eradicate worries.
  1. Reactivation of the reprogramming factors (factors for producing iPS cells).
We generate iPS cells in a way that can eliminate all reprogramming factors at all events.
  2. Damage to the cell genome during iPS cell production.

In the conventional iPS cell generation method, the genome is sometimes damaged by the transporter that undesirably introduces the reprogramming factor into the cell. We have adopted a method eliminating damage to the genome to bring about any initialization factor, offering safety through our operational procedures.
  3.  Leftover iPS cells that have not fully transformed into their target cell type can cause cell malformations upon transplantation.  Organizations that produce differentiated cells such as nerve and muscle cells for transplantation take every precaution to make sure that no iPS cells remain in the cell population before transplantation.





Can iPS cells extend the human lifespan?

iPS cells are expected to extend a healthy lifespan. On the other hand, they do not prevent aging or provide immortality. For example, if cancer immunotherapy using iPS cell-derived CAR-T cells is put to practical use and the treatment is successful, there is a good possibility that survival rates will increase, extending life expectancy in treated individuals.


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