The list below shows hospitals in California that actively collect cord blood for public cord blood banks that are part of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Network of banks.
Long Beach Memorial Center
Long Beach, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
http://www.stemcyte.com
White Memorial Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
http://www.stemcyte.com
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Oakland, CA [...]

One of the world’s prominent cord blood banks and biotherapies companies, StemCyte Inc. USA, recently announced that it will be opening its first umbilical cord blood stem cell banking facility at Apollo Hospital in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district.
It will be the first cord blood bank facility in India which shall be used both for public and [...]

LifeShare Blood Centers will continue promoting a cord blood bank pilot program and step up efforts to register bone marrow donors this year.
LifeShare partnered with Women’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, where 14% of all Louisiana babies are born, in 2008 for the pilot program. Umbilical cords contain stem cells that can be used in transplants [...]

Alpha Cord Inc.
Web: www.alphacord.com
PHONE: 866-396-7283
Atlanta, GA
AlphaCord is the only cord blood company which offers parents a choice between multiple labs. Alpha Cord is committed to providing parents the best pricing. These are the laboratories which are currently accepting AlphaCord clients
AssureImmune
Web: www.AssureImmune.com
PHONE: 1-888-3immune (888-346-6863)
OFFICE: Boca Raton, FL
AssureImmune markets the storage of “adult” [...]

In Kolkata, a top official said that one of the leading stem cell banking groups in the Asia Pacific region, CordLife, is targeting an expansion of its business into China and India.
“We’re looking at India and China as two big markets in terms of our stem cell business in the Asia Pacific region – keeping in [...]

Ashley Ross Cord Blood Program of the San Diego Blood Bank
COLLECTS FOR: Transplants
COLLECTS FROM:
INTERNET: www.sandiegobloodbank.org
PHONE: (619) 296-6393 extension 8327
STORAGE: San Diego, CA
TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP
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
Brady Kohn Foundation
COLLECTS FOR: Transplants or a family bank
COLLECTS FROM: Christiana Hospital in Delaware
INTERNET: [...]

Researchers at the Salk Institute have released a statement that says they’ve reprogrammed cord blood cells to make them extremely similar to embryonic stem cells.
Stem cells can potentially become any tissue in the body, and embryonic stem cells are controversial because you have to utilize embryos to get them. Using reprogrammed adult stem cells is [...]

The personal finance expert Suze Orman, who found fame on Oprah, recently addressed the importance of making cord blood banking a priority. Her show features a segment called “Can I Afford It?” in which she takes calls from viewers and provides candid financial advice on the air.
An expectant mom called in for advice as to [...]

The Santa Monica, California-based company, Cord Blood America, has begun construction on a $500,000 laboratory to process umbilical cord blood collected at a baby’s birth and then store it at extremely cold temperatures. The lab, located in a business park, is on track for an October completion but will not go into operation until it [...]

Cord blood banking is an excellent way to save the blood from the umbilical cord to save lives. It is not a way to make money. It is just like giving blood to the Red Cross to help save lives. You do it to help others not to make money and profit from others misfortunes. [...]