Our Past, Present, and Future

Dr. Mak Yiu Kwong

Medical Director of Cryolife Company Limited

• Specialist in Hematology
• Research interest includes: leukemia, lymphoma, human immunodeficiency virus-related diseases, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and diagnosis.
• Member of Elizabeth Hospital Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Center
• Former bone marrow transplant specialist at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia

Dr. Leo SY Liao（MD, PhD）

Deputy Laboratory Director, Honoury Research Advisor of Cryolife Company Limited

• Research Assistant Professor, HKU Medicine
• Scientific Officer, Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology
• Principal Investigator, HK-GD Joint Laboratory on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
• Supervisor, Cardiac Cath Lab for Big Animals, LAU, HKU Med
• Major Expertise and Research Interests: Cultivation and differentiation of Stem Cells（ESC, iPSC, MSC, CMs）; Preparation of cardiovascular disease animal models; stem cells, gene and drug therapy for cardiovascular disease; tissue engineering; organ repair and regeneration
• Research Topics: One project of the National Key R&D Program; One national 973 strategic basic research project; Two National Natural Science Foundation projects; Six comprehensive research funds from HK Research Grants Council; Three special research funds from the University of Hong Kong; More than 40 published SCI papers

Dr. Weidong Zhu

Laboratory Director of Cryolife Company Limited

• Doctor of Philosophy in Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Department of Physiology, University of Hong Kong
• Specialized in the pathological research on the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic measures of diabetes and metabolic syndrome diseases
• Over 10 years’ experience in lab-based and 6 years’ preclinical stem cell therapy research and treatment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and metabolic syndrome, stroke and blood disorders.

Step 1 Registration

Contact us by telephone

Step 2 Collect the “BB Box”

Upon registration with CRYOLIFE, the expectant customer will be assigned a QC validated cord blood collection box (BB box) with a barcode label for identification and privacy protection. The expectant parents are obliged to inform their attending doctor of their registration with CRYOLIFE for cord blood collection and storage.

Step 3 On the Big Day

On the day of your baby’s birth, hand your “BB Box” to your healthcare providers upon arrival at the hospital. They will take care of the cord blood specimen collection.

Step 4 Call CRYOLIFE

Call our 24-hour hotline immediately at +852 2110 2121 (HK) or +853 6299 3635 (Macau) after your baby is born. Our medical courier team will pick up the collection kit with your baby’s cord blood specimen.

Step 5 Entrust to CRYOLIFE

Upon reaching Cryolife’s laboratory, the cord blood specimen will be processed, tested, and cryopreserved immediately. A stem cell storage status shall be released verbally within 48 hours, followed by an official Test and Storage Report within 2 months of the baby’s birth.