Cord For Life

Public: NMDP Public
AABB: Public & Family

About

Cord for Life accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS from across the nation. Mothers must register by week 34 of pregnancy.

• Cord for Life was founded in 1993. 
• Cord for Life has always been a leader in adopting innovations in cord blood laboratory operations.
• Cord for Life became the first public bank to accept mail-in donations in 2003, long before any other public banks, and continuing to this day.
• In 2008 the bank adopted the PrepaCyte-CB processing system for separating stem cells from cord blood. PrepaCyte-CB is the first cord blood processing platform to integrate a separation reagent which causes red cell sedimentation with the use of cryopreservation-ready, functionally closed-bag system.
• In 2013 the bank adopted the CryoStor serum-free, protein-free cryopreservation media product from BioLife Solutions.

Cord for Life both accepts mail-in donations and maintains traditional donation collection programs at selected hospitals in several states. 

Collection sites, as of January 2023:

1. Univ. Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
3. Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
4. Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD 
5. Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, KS
6. Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, KS
7. Centura Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, Castle Rock, CO

Cord for Life receives donations from these hospitals in Indiana and Illinois through a partnership with Life Line Stem Cell:

1. Community Hospital - Anderson, Anderson IN
2. Community Hospital - Munster, Munster IN
3. Community Hospital East - Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
4. Community Hospital North - Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
5. Community Hospital South - Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
6. Deaconess Women's Hospital, Newburgh IN
7. Dupont Hospital, Fort Wayne IN
8. Franciscan St. Anthony Medical Center - Crown Point, Crown Point IN
9. Franciscan St. Anthony Medical Center - Michigan City, Michigan City IN
10. Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health - Lafayette East, Lafayette IN
11. Franciscan St. Francis Health - Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
12. Franciscan St. Francis Health - Mooresville , Mooresville  IN
13. Franciscan St. Margaret Health - Dyer, Dyer IN
14. Franciscan St. Margaret Health - Hammond, Hammond IN
15. Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes, Vincennes IN
16. Greene County General Hospital, Linton, IN
17. IU Health Arnett Hospital, Lafayette IN
18. IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie IN
19. La Porte Hospital, La Porte IN
20. Marion General Hospital, Marion, IN
21. Memorial  Hospital and Healthcare Center, Jasper IN
22. Methodist Hospitals Northlake, Gary IN
23. Methodist Hospitals Southlake, Merillville IN
24. Parkview DeKalb Hospital, Auburn IN
25. Porter Regional Hospital, Valparaiso IN
26. Riverview Health, Noblesville IN
27. St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago IN
28. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, Mishawaka IN
29. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth, Plymouth IN
30. St. Mary Medical Center Hobart, Hobart IN
31. Union Hospital, Terre Haute, IN
32. Franciscan Health Olympia Fields, Olympia Fields IL

Mail-in Donations

Cord for Life became the first public cord blood bank to accept MAIL-IN DONATIONS in 2003. Today Cord for Life both accepts mail-in donations and maintains traditional donation collection programs at selected hospitals in several states.