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The following cord blood banks have units that have been donated for transplantation to those in need. These are commonly known as "public" cord blood banks in contrast to those banks that collect units to be used only by the donor or members of the donor’s immediate family ("private" cord blood banks). Click on the name of each bank below to visit the individual web sites.

For additional information about cord blood transplant centers and cord blood banks, click on LINKS from the navigation bar on the left.

CORD BLOOD BANKS - USA

I. Affiliated with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
Ashley Ross Cord Blood Program of the San Diego Blood Bank
Bonfils Cord Blood Services
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
Children's Hospital of Orange County
The CORDUS Corporation
CryoBanks International
The Elie Katz Umbilical Cord Blood Program
ITxM Cord Blood Services
J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank
LifeCord
MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank
New Jersey Cord Blood Bank
Puget Sound Blood Center/ Northwest Tissue Center
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank
StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
StemCyte Taiwan National Cord Blood Center
Texas Cord Blood Bank
University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank

II. Not affiliated with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
Gift of Life Cord Blood Program
LifebankUSA™ Cord Blood Banking Services
Ireland Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland Umbilical Cord Blood Program
Michigan Community Blood Centers Cord Blood Bank
National Cord Blood Program of the New York Blood Center


III. Sibling Cord Blood Program
The following bank emphasizes the collection of umbilical cord blood from newborns when there is a family member who has a transplant-treatable disease, such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, leukemia, and others

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

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CORD BLOOD BANKS - INTERNATIONAL

Alberta Cord Blood Bank (Canada)
Argentina Cord Blood Bank
Australian Cord Blood Bank
Austrian Cord Blood Registry
Marrow Donor Program-Belgium
Leuven Cord Blood Bank (Leuvense Navelstrengbloedbank)
The Czech Cord Blood Registry
China - Shan Dang Cord Blood Bank -Sinocord
Finnish Cord Blood Bank
The French Cord Blood Registry
German Cord Blood Bank
German Branch of the European Cord Blood Bank
Hadassah Cord Blood Bank (Israel)
Sheba Cord Blood Bank (Tel-Hashomer, Israel)
Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry and Cord Blood Bank Network
Tokyo Cord Blood Bank
Mexican Bone Marrow Donor Registry
Eurocord Netherlands
Warsaw Cord Blood Bank (Poland)
Singapore Cord Blood Bank
Eurocord Slovakia
REDMO and Spanish Cord Blood Registry (Barcelona, Spain)
Swiss Blood Stem Cells
BIONET/Baby Banks (Taipei, Taiwan)
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)
British Bone Marrow Registry

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Page Updated
7 August 2007
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