How to Donate Menstrual Blood for Stem Cell Research

The use of menstrual blood as a resource for stem cells has been an interesting development in the field of bioresearch. The idea of collecting stem cells has been a controversial one at times. With this new method, there is no moral dilemma for anyone involved. In the future, people will benefit from the open availability of these types of stem cells. Currently, one company has the market cornered in the collection and storage of menstrual blood for stem cells. The company is called C'Elle. Collecting and storing your menstrual blood for its stem cells is easy.

Things You'll Need

• Collection package

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Instructions

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  Order your collection kit from C'Elle through their company website (see Resources).

• 2

  Freeze the cooling packs that arrive with your C'Elle collection kit immediately upon arrival and continuously until you are ready to package your collections and send them back via FedEx.

• 3

  To collect your menstrual blood, insert the provided menstrual cup in place of a tampon. This cup needs to be left in for three hours to collect your first of two specimens.

• 4

  Take the menstrual cup out. It should have about a teaspoon of fluid in it. Carefully place this fluid into the provided vials of solution.

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  Refrigerate your first specimen while you collect your second.

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  Replace your menstrual cup for another three hours and repeat the collection process for your second vial. One vial will be used for storage and the other will be used for infectious disease testing.

• 7

  Remove your cooling packs from the freezer; the first specimen from the refrigerator and package both specimens and the cooling packs in your original collection kit box after you have collected both specimens.

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  Ship your collection kit back to C'Elle using the provided airbilled FedEx box.