Directory: Science: Biology: Cryobiology: Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Storage (42)
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A Parent's Guide to Choosing a Private Cord Blood Bank - A thoughtful and detailed site with much background on cord blood banking. It provides a questionnaire for interviewing and evaluating private cord blood banks. Background information on medical pros and cons, laboratory procedures, and a list of storage banks.Cord Blood Registry - Cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells. Headquarters in San Bruno, California; storage in Tucson, Arizona.
Cryo-Cell International - A cryobank for newborn's umbilical cord stem cells. Excellent FAQ. In Clearwater, Florida. This is the American affiliate of Cryo-Cell Europe.
Lifebank (USA) - Cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells. In New Jersey and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Viacord umbilical cord blood banking. - Enables expectant parents to store their newborn's umbilical cord blood as a potential source of stem cells to help treat cancers & other disorders. In Boston MA.
New England Cord Blood Bank - Umbilical cord blood stem cell processing and storage. Boston, Massachusetts.
UCLA Umbilical Cord Blood Bank - The emphasis here is to support bone marrow transplants by banking umbilical cord blood from a variety of ethnic groups. In Los Angeles, California.
Newborn Blood Banking, Inc. - Umbilical cord blood storage bank in Tampa, Florida. They emphasize the storage of whole blood, not just stem cells.
Lifebank Cryogenics Corp. - Umbilical cord blood bank in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Cryobanks International - Provides umbilical cord blood storage, personal blood storage, semen banking, anonymous donor semen, and male infertility testing. Has a very good FAQ section. In Altamonte Springs, Florida.
CorCell - Private cord blood storage company that provides expert service in collection, transportation, processing, testing and long storage of cryopreserved umbilical cord blood stem cells.
CORD - A full service cryobank licensed in the State of New York offering cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood, semen banking and male infertility testing.
Cord Blood Donor Foundation - Exists to provide educational awareness and to conduct further research in the use of cord blood stem cells. You can mail a SASE to receive a list of cord blood donor banks in the United States.
Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplants for Childhood Cancer Resources - Stories and annotated links related to marrow and stem cell transplants and children's cancer.
Alberta Cord Blood Bank - A non-profit organization dedicated to the collection and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells for public use. Although located in Edmonton, Alberta, the Bank is national in scope and collects donated waste umbilical cord blood samples from coast to coast in Canada.
Cryolife Cord Blood Bank - State-of-the-art facilities for the collection, processing and long-term cryogenic storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells in Hong Kong.
Wadsworth Center Blood and Tissue Resources - New York State Department of Health Guidelines for collection, processing and storage of cord blood stem cells.
Cord blood: Preserving a lifeline - Collection and storage of newborns' umbilical cord blood for treatment against future disease is rising in popularity.
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Insurance Against Future Diseases? - Researchers are continuing to seek answers to the scientific and ethical questions surrounding this experimental and controversial medical procedure. Article by Holly Wagner of USA Today magazine online.
SecuraCell - Collection and cryogenic storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells for the potential treatment of various diseases. In Canton, Ohio.
California Cryobank - Umbilical cord blood stem cell, semen, and embryo storage bank in California.
Cord Blood Bank of Canada - Information on cord blood banking and medical uses of stem cells.
Alpha Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Network - A network of four banks offering umbilical cord blood collection and storage. Storage in Massachusetts, New Jersey, California, and New York.
Donate Your Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood - Detailed information on cord blood donation from the National Marrow Donor Program. Links on this page lead to longer explanations and to an extensive list of cord banks, both NMDP members and others.
Cord Blood Banking - A pediatricians's discussion on the benefits and risks of donating a baby's umbilical cord blood. From the "Keep Kids Healthy" website.
Cord Partners - An umbilical cord blood banking company with offices in California and other U.S. states.
CordBank - New Zealand - New Zealand licensed cord blood collection, processing, and storage facility.
Stem Sciences Cord Blood Bank - Umbilical Cord Blood Bank in Ontario, Canada.
Lifeline Cord Blood Bank - Umbilical Cord Blood Bank in Cyprus, with offices in Nicosia, Cyprus and London, UK.
Umbilical Cord Blood Could Replace Bone Marrow Transplants - CNN news story.
Cord Blood Society of Canada - A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of cord blood banking. Information on stem cells, medical uses and review of cord blood banks in Canada.
Elie Katz Umbilical Cord Blood Program - Cordblood storage services; part of Community Blood Services. In Paramus, New Jersey.
National Marrow Donor Program - Cord Blood FAQs - Frequently asked cord blood questions.
Cord Blood FamilyTrust - Private cord blood bank stores lifesaving stem cells from your baby's umbilical cord for your family's future use. A subsidiary of StemCyte, Inc.
Future Health Technologies Ltd. - Umbilical cord blood stem cell bank cryopreserved after baby's birth for therapeutic purposes. In Nottingham, England.
About Cord Blood Banking - General discussion by Dr. Vincent Ianelli of whether or not you should bank your baby's umbilical cord blood in a private bank.
AAP: Cord Blook Banking for Future Transplantation Not Recommended - American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against umbilical cord storage.
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center - Cord blood collection and storage details.
Cryo-Save - Specializes in the separation and storage of stem cells from the umbilical cord blood. Affiliates in the United Kingdom (Cryo-Care), Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Also connected with CryoCell International in the United States.
Baby Chord Securacell - Private umbilical cord blood banking services for families throughout Canada. In Toronto.
Cells for Life, Ltd. - Information on umbilical cord blood banking at the Markham Stouffville Health Centre, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Puget Sound Blood Center Cord Blood Program - The program collects, processes, stores and distributes blood collected from the umbilical cord for patients needing a stem cell transplant.
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