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Welcome to America Stem Cell
America Stem Cell, Inc. (ASC) is a privately held biotechnology company dedicated to the development and commercialization of enabling technologies to enhance and expand the therapeutic potential of stem cell transplants.
 The Company is engaged in the development of stem cell enabling technologies and the key technology platforms -- ASC-101 and ASC-201 -- are designed to improve the engraftment of stem cells to target organs and increase their therapeutic potential.
Hematopoietic stem cells derived from cord blood, peripheral blood, and bone marrow are used to treat 70+ diseases today. ASC-101 and ASC-201 hold the promise for increasing the efficacy of these treatments for cancer patients. Additionally, these technologies have potential for many other clinical applications such as treatment of inflammation from chemotherapy/radiation, treatment of cancer tumors, auto-immune diseases and myocardial infarction.
Founded in 2005, ASC is led by an experienced management team and has established a prominent board of advisors to guide its technology development programs. The Company has established a number of strategic partnerships with medical research institutions including the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and VidaCord Technologia Biomedica.
 What Are Stem Cells?
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the potential to differentiate into specific cells. These remarkable building blocks of life can replace or repair damaged tissues and cells. Based on this, scientists insert stem cells into areas of the body to heal or replace tissue and cells effected by disease.
Three Classifications of Stem Cells:
- Totipotent- these are stem cells present in the zygote immediately after fertilization of the egg by the sperm during the first few cell divisions. They can differentiate to not only all cells of the body, but cells of the extraembryonic tissues, such as the placenta.
- Pluripotent- these are stem cells that can differentiate into any cell of the body.
- Multipotent- these are stem cells whose potential is limited to differentiation into various cells of their tissue of origin.
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