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Public Cord Blood Banking

Public cord blood banking supports the health of the community. Public banks collect qualifying cord blood donations from healthy pregnancies and save them in case one of them will be the match to save the life of a patient who needs a stem cell transplant. In the United States our registry of donors is called NMDP. Patients who have a rare genetic type are more likely to receive cord blood transplants. In order for parents to donate cord blood to a public bank, their baby must be born at a hospital that accepts donations. Public cord blood banking is highly recommended by both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Medical Association (AMA).



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Celebration Stem Cell Centre

3495 South Mercy Rd., Gilbert AZ 85297 , Gilbert

The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC), offers both public donation (within Arizona) and private family banking of umbilical cord blood. 

Cryo-Cell

700 Brooker Creek Blvd, Oldsmar FL 34677, Oldsmar

Cryo-Cell International, the world's first family cord blood bank, provides premier cord blood stem cell cryopreservation service. In 2018, Cryo-Cell expanded its role in the industry to include public cord blood banking services.

StemCyte

13800 Live Oak Ave., Baldwin Park, CA 91706

StemCyte is a global cord blood therapeutics company.  StemCyte participates in the US network of public cord blood banks operated by Be The Match. In addition, StemCyte operates the National Cord Blood Bank of Taiwan, whose units are also listed with Be The Match.

BloodworksNW

921 Terry Avenue, Seattle WA 98104, Seattle

Bloodworks Northwest collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state and also receives donations from Hawaii.

California's Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program

2921 Stockton Boulevard., Sacramento

The Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program (UCBCP) is a California state program that funds cord blood collections by partner public banks.

Carolinas Cord Blood Bank

2301 Erwin Road, Durham NC 27710, Durham

Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke (CCBB) is headed by Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg. Expectant parents who have a child in need of therapy with cord blood, especially the new therapies in clinical trials at Duke, may be eligible for directed donation through CCBB.

CHOC Cord Blood Bank

1201 W La Veta Ave, Orange, CA 92868, Orange

NOT COLLECTING. Children's Hospital of Orange County is no longer collecting cord blood donations.

Cleveland Cord Blood Center

25001 Emery Rd #150, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128

Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Cord Blood Foundation d.b.a. Cleveland Cord Blood Center collects cord blood donations with NO advanced registration.

ClinImmune

12705 E Montview Blvd, Suite 250, Aurora, CO 80011, Aurora

NOT COLLECTING. ClinImmune Labs is an academic-based biotechnology company.

Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas

4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock

The Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas was designed to be statewide and have a hybrid business model.

Cord For Life

270 Northlake Boulevard, Altamonte Springs FL 32701 ,

Cord for Life accepts NATIONAL MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Mothers must register by week 34 of pregnancy.

Gencure: Texas Cord Blood Bank

First Park Ten Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78213, San Antonio

Texas Cord Blood Bank is a division of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, and since 2014 is affiliated with GenCure.

Gift of Life

800 Yamato Road.Suite 101, Boca Raton

NOT COLLECTING.  Gift of Life is a non-profit charity that seeks to help Jewish patients find a transplant match. 

Hawaii Cord Blood Bank

1319 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96826, Honolulu
Hawaii Cord Blood Bank is strictly a collection organization that sends cord blood to the laboratory of Bloodworks Northwest in Seattle.

J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank

4100 John R St, Detroit, MI 48201, Detroit

NOT COLLECTING. The J.P. McCarthy cord blood bank is run by the Karmanos Cancer Institute.

Life Line Stem Cell

1221 Hartzell Street Suite 3 New Haven, IN 46774, New Haven

Life Line Stem Cell is strictly a collection organization that works with various laboratories. Life Line Stem Cell asks mothers to donate all of their afterbirth: umbilical cord blood, umbilical cord tissue, and the placenta.

LifebankUSA

170 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932

LifebankUSA and their parent company, Celularity, use donations of both cord blood and placenta to develop therapeutic products that are in clinical trials.

LifeSouth Cord Blood Bank

4039 Newberry Road, Gainesville FL 32607, Gainesville

LifeSouth Cord Blood Bank is a public donation program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. LifeSouth established the first public cord bank in the Southeastern United States and in June 2013 received the FDA BLA license for cord blood.

MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank

1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 423, Houston TX 77030, Houston

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has the largest stem cell transplantation program in the world. They also have a cord blood bank and a research program to develop cancer therapies from cord blood cells.

NY Blood Center: National Cord Blood Program

45-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City NY 11101, Long Island City

NOT COLLECTING.  The New York Blood Center, the world's oldest and largest public cord blood bank, no longer collects donations.

Oklahoma Blood Institute

1001 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City OK 73104, Oklahoma City

NOT COLLECTING.  Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) cord blood bank was established to incorporate more diverse donors.

OrganaBio

7800 SW 57th Ave | Suite 204 South Miami, FL 33143

OrganaBio is NOT a public cord blood bank, but they are included in this list because they are collecting cord blood donations at US hospitals.

San Diego Cord Blood Bank

3636 Gateway Center Avenue, San Diego, CA 92102, San Diego

The San Diego Cord Blood Bank collect donations in southern California.

Upstate Cord Blood Bank

4910 Broad Road, Syracuse, NY 13215, Syracuse

NOT COLLECTING. Upstate Cord Blood Bank (UCBB) is based in SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse NY.

Versiti Blood Center of Michigan

1036 Fuller NE, Grand Rapids MI 49501-1704, Grand Rapids

Versiti Blood Center of Michigan has a public cord blood bank that was established in 1999.

Vitalant Clinical Services

1 Pearl Court, Unit C, Allendale NJ 07401 , Allendale

Vitalant Clinical Services is the merger of cord blood banks Community Blood Services in New Jersey and ITxM in Pennsylvania.