Posted on 04/04/2005 7:17:50 PM PDT by Founding Father
With stem cell research so closely tied to Umbilical Cord Blood, we thought it a good idea to get a somewhat comprehensive list of Cord Blood Banks put together.
Additionally, since we have been tracking a many stem cell research companies and organizations we will try to keep this list up to date as we go. New cord blood banking firms and cord blood research centers seem to be popping up everywhere, so this list will obviously change over time.
First, we will list the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) associated banks. Cord blood banks in the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Network collect, process and store donated umbilical cord blood for transplants. Umbilical cord blood is playing an important role in the treatment of leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases. The NMDP establishes relationships with cord blood banks throughout the United States as well as international cord blood banks. The cord blood units these banks collect are listed on the NMDP Registry, where they are automatically included in every patient's search of the Registry for an unrelated donor or cord blood unit.
NMDP Banks
American Red Cross North Central Blood Services Cord Blood Program 100 South Robert Street St. Paul, MN 55107 (651) 290-8633 http://www.redcross.org/biomedicalservices/cord_blood
American Red Cross Western Area Community Cord Blood Bank (Portland) 3131 North Vancouver Avenue Portland, OR 97227 (877) 783-3560
Ashley Ross Cord Blood Program of the San Diego Blood Bank 440 Upas Street San Diego, CA 92103-4900 (619) 296-6393 ext. 161 http://www.sandiegobloodbank.org
Bonfils Cord Blood Services Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center 717 Yosemite Circle Denver, CO 80230 http://www.bonfils.org
COBLT Cord Blood Units Carolinas Cord Blood Bank Duke University Medical Center Box 3350 Durham, NC 27710 (919) 668-1116
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank Duke University Medical Center Box 3350 Durham, NC 27710 (919) 668-1116
Children's Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank 455 South Main Street Orange, CA 92868 (714) 516-4335 http://www.choc.org
ITxM Cord Blood Services ITxM Clinical Services 1205 Milwaukee Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 (800) 486-0680 http://www.itxm.org
J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank 110 East Warren Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 (313) 966-0380 http://www.karmanos.org
LifeCord 4039 Newberry Road Gainesville, FL 32607 (352) 224-1600 http://www.lifesouth.org/lifecord/lifecord.htm
New Jersey Cord Blood Bank at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research 403 Haddon Avenue Camden, NJ 08103 (856) 757-9752 http://www.coriell.org/njcbb
Puget Sound Blood Center Northwest Tissue Center 921 Terry Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 292-1896 http://www.psbc.org/medical/transplantation/cordblood
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank 3662 Park Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 (888) 453-2673 http://www.slcbb.org
StemCyte International Cord Blood Center 400 Rolyn Place Arcadia, CA 91007 (866) STEMCYTE http://www.stemcyte.com
StemCyte Taiwan National Cord Blood Center No. 4, Lane 15, Sec I, Wen-Hua 1st Road, LinKou, Taipei County Taiwan 244 LinKou http://stemcyte.com.
Non-NMDP Banks Alberta Cord Blood Bank University of Alberta - Room 780 - Extension Center 8303 - 112th Street Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2T4 Phone: (780) 492-2673 FAX: (780) 492-8704
Collections for unrelated transplants only. Collections are done anywhere in Canada.
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Oakland, CA 94609-1673 Phone: (510) 450-7605 Fax: (510) 450-5839 www.chori.org/siblingcordblood
If you give birth in the United States and your physician supports cord blood collection, you may participate in our program if you have a child with a transplant-treatable condition, and are expecting a baby who is a full sibling (same parents) to the affected child.
University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank 12635 E. Montview Blvd, Suite 224 Aurora, CO 80010 Phone: (303) 724-1306 www.coloradocord.org
Collections for unrelated transplants only. Collections only at Pouder Valley Hospital in Fort Collins.
Cryobanks International 270 S North Lake Blvd, Suite 1012 Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 Phone: (800) 869-8608 or (407) 834-8333 www.cryo-intl.com/cordblooddonation.html
Donations for unrelated transplants from donors anywhere in the continental United States.
Michigan Community Blood Centers Cord Blood Bank 1036 Fuller Avenue NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (866) 642-5663 (Michigan only toll free) (616) 233-8604 (direct)
Collections for unrelated transplants only. Collections only at Covenant Medical (Saginaw), Hackley (Muskegon), Holland (Holland), Mercy General (Muskegon), Metropolitan (Grand Rapids), Mid-Michigan Medical Center (Midland), Munson (Traverse City), North Ottawa (Grand Haven), Spectrum Health-Downtown (Grand Rapids), Spectrum Health East (Grand Rapids), St. Mary's (Grand Rapids) and Zeeland Community Hospital (Zeeland).
The Elie Katz Umbilical Cord Blood Program Bergen Community Regional Blood Center Cord Blood Stem Cell Program 970 Linwood Ave West Paramus, NJ 07652 Phone: (201) 444-3900 http://www.communitybloodservices.com
Collections in most New Jersey hospitals. Donors can store "for-self" (autologous) or for the community (allogeneic - unrelated). There is a fee for autologous storage.
Placental Blood Program of the New York Blood Center 310 East 67th Street New York, NY 10021 Phone: (212) 570-3230
Collections only at Brooklyn Hospital in New York, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, and Inova Hospital in Fairfax,Virginia, New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
Ireland Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland Umbilical Cord Blood Program Cleveland, OH Phone: (216) 844-4723
Collections for public donation and research will be done only at University Hospitals of Cleveland. This cord blood bank will be affiliated with the Placental Cord Blood Program of the New York Blood Center.
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center San Antonio, Texas Phone: (800) 292-5534 (Option 8)
Collections for unrelated transplants will be available in San Antonio area hospitals only.
I think thatyour Red Cross links are bad. I hope these help:
Biomedical Services
http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_496_,00.html
Cord Blood
http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_517_,00.html
My daughter worked for a cord blood bank in Tucson. I didn't see it on the list.
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