Cord For Life

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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 Dec 2018:

1. Univ. Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
3. Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
4. St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD 
5. Franciscan St. James Health, Chicago Heights, IL
6. Deaconess Women's Hospital, Newburgh, IN
7. La Porte Hospital, La Porte, IN
8. St. Mary Medical Center, Hobart, IN

 

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.