Public Cord Blood Banks in America

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Ashley Ross Cord Blood Program of the San Diego Blood Bank

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.sandiegobloodbank.org

PHONE: (619) 296-6393              (619) 296-6393       extension 8327 \

STORAGE: San Diego, CA

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network.

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Bonfils Cord Blood Services Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.bonfils.org

PHONE: STORAGE: Denver, CO

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network.

Carolinas Cord Blood Bank

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: cancer.duke.edu/CCBB

PHONE: (919) 668-1116              (919) 668-1116      

STORAGE: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network. The Duke University ‘Carolinas’ Cord Blood Bank is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards.

Children’s Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.choc.org

PHONE: (714) 516-4335              (714) 516-4335      

STORAGE: Orange, CA

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network.

CORDUS COLLECTS FOR: Transplants & Research

COLLECTS FROM: 7 hospitals in Florida and North Carolina

INTERNET: www.cordus.com

PHONE: 407-562-1650              407-562-1650       (corporate)

OFFICE: Lake Mary, Florida

STORAGE: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW

DESCRIPTION: CORDUS is a for-profit corporation founded in June 2004 to collect cord blood donations for public use. It is their hope that increased utilization of cord blood will enable them to turn a profit and allow them to continue to increase the number of units in their inventory

Cryobanks International, Inc.

COLLECTS FOR: Research & Transplants

COLLECTS FROM: ANYWHERE!

INTERNET: www.cryo-intl.com

PHONE: 800-869-8608              800-869-8608      

STORAGE: Altamonte Springs, FL TRANSPLANT

REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP, CRIR

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network. Cryobanks International is one of only two banks that accepts donations mailed in from anywhere. They started as a private cord blood bank, but their current business is primarily oriented towards accepting donations

Coriell: New Jersey Cord Blood Bank at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.coriell.org/njcbb

PHONE: (856) 757-9752              (856) 757-9752      

STORAGE: Camden, NJ

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network.

LifeCord

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants

COLLECTS FROM: Selected hospitals in north Florida and south Alabama

INTERNET: www.lifesouth.org/lifecord/lifecord.htm

PHONE: (352) 224-1600              (352) 224-1600       or 334-1000

STORAGE: Shands Hospital at Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood bank network. LifeCord is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is John R. Wingard, M.D. As of Jan 2006, collections are accepted from:

• North Florida Regional Medical Center,
• Shands at AGH,
• Shands at UF,
• Shands at LakeShore,
• The Birthing Center,
• The Patient’s Corner,
• Baptist South and Baptist East Hospitals in Montgomery, Alabama
• East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama - starting Feb 2006

SaneronCCEL

COLLECTS FOR: Research only

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.saneron-ccel.com

PHONE: 813-977-7664              813-977-7664      

STORAGE: Tampa, FL

DESCRIPTION: Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology R&D company focused on neurological cell therapy. The private cord blood bank Cryo-Cell International owns 43.2% of Saneron CCEL. Saneron CCEL has a research partnership (announced Dec 2004) with the University of South Florida to develop treatments for spinal cord injury using donated cord blood units.

University of Iowa’s Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank

COLLECTS FOR: Research only

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.uiowa.edu

PHONE: 319-353-3747              319-353-3747      

STORAGE: Iowa City, IA

DESCRIPTION: The University of Iowa has started (April 2004) a program to collect cord blood donations specifically for disease research, not transplants. Parents are told that the donations go to research.