See also:
- A Parent's Guide to Choosing a Private Cord Blood Bank
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CBR Systems, Inc. - Offers stem cell storage for the families of newborns, with details of pricing, FAQ, and video tour of facilities. San Bruno, California.
- Cells for Life, Ltd. - Information on umbilical cord blood banking at the Markham Stouffville Health Centre, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
- 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 Blood Bank of Canada - Information on cord blood banking and medical uses of stem cells.
- 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 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.
- Cord Blood Donor Foundation - Features donation information, mission, diseases treated, and issues.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cryo-Cell - The largest family cord blood bank, Cryo-Cell offers cord blood collection, cord blood storage and cord blood preservation at a private bank facility.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Future Health Technologies Ltd. - Umbilical cord blood stem cell bank cryopreserved after baby's birth for therapeutic purposes. In Nottingham, England.
- Healthcord Cryogenics - Cord blood bank in Vancouver, B.C., Canada provides information and references on cord blood banking in Canada.
- Lifebank Cryogenics Corp. - Umbilical cord blood bank in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- LifebankUSA - Cryopreservation of stem cells from cord and placenta. Features company details, research news, testimonials, and pricing schedule. Cedar Knolls, New Jersey.
- Lifeline Cord Blood Bank - Umbilical Cord Blood Bank in Cyprus, with offices in Nicosia, Cyprus and London, UK.
- M.A.Z.E. Labs, Inc. - Private bank services include collection, transportation, and analysis of umbilical cord blood. Processing includes cryopreservation and long term storage of stem cells. Based in Purchase, New York.
- New England Cord Blood Bank - Umbilical cord blood stem cell processing and storage. Boston, Massachusetts.
- Newborn Blood Banking, Inc. - Umbilical cord blood storage bank in Tampa, Florida. They emphasize the storage of whole blood, not just stem cells.
- 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.
- SecuraCell - Collection and cryogenic storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells for the potential treatment of various diseases. In Canton, Ohio.
- South Texas Blood and Tissue Center - Cord blood collection and storage details.
- Stem Sciences Cord Blood Bank - Umbilical Cord Blood Bank in Ontario, Canada.
- Viacord - Enables expectant parents to store their newborn's umbilical cord blood as a potential source of stem cells to help treat cancers and other disorders. In Boston Massachusetts.
- Wadsworth Center Blood and Tissue Resources - New York State Department of Health Guidelines for collection, processing and storage of cord blood stem cells.
- 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. (March 1, 2000)
- Umbilical Cord Blood Could Replace Bone Marrow Transplants - CNN news story. (October 20, 1998)
- Cord blood: Preserving a lifeline - Collection and storage of newborns' umbilical cord blood for treatment against future disease is rising in popularity. (May 19, 1998)
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