Bank Info

By Cord Blood Advisor • June 28th, 2007

Genesis Bank
INTERNET: www.thegenesisbank.com
PHONE: 800-804-6703
OFFICE: General BioTechnology, Indianapolis, IN
STORAGE: General BioTechnology, Indianapolis, IN
Accreditation: NJ, NY, AABB inspections in progress
COMMENT: Genesis Bank is a subsidiary of the biotech company General BioTechnology LLC, a small Indianapolis company (no website) which incorporated in 1997 and specializes in cryogenic research and services.
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A subsidiary of parent company General [...]

Family Link
INTERNET: www.cordbloodstorage.com
PHONE: (502) 629-1234
OFFICE: Louisville, Kentucky
STORAGE: Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky
Accreditation: AABB
COMMENT: Family Link is a regional bank only: Cord Blood is only accepted from within a 4 hour driving radius of the laboratory.
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Family Link is a program of Norton Healthcare, a not-for-profit organization which operates dozens of hospitals throughout [...]

Family Cord Blood Services
INTERNET: www.familycordbloodservices.com
PHONE: 888-828-2673
OFFICE: Los Angeles, CA
STORAGE: Los Angeles, CA
Accreditation: AABB, CA, NY
COMMENT: Family Cord Blood Services is a subsidiary of California Cryobank, one of the nation’s leading sperm banks and a provider of various cryogenic services for 30 years.
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Family Cord Blood Services was founded in 1997 and operates from [...]

DomaniCell
INTERNET: www.domanicell.com
PHONE: 201-883-5308
OFFICE: Hackensack, NJ
STORAGE: Progenitor Cell Therapy, Hackensack, NJ
Accreditation: NJ
COMMENT: DomaniCell LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Progenitor Cell Therapy LLC. Their business concept is to market “turn-key” Cord Blood banking to birthing hospitals.
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DomaniCell does not market Cord Blood banking directly to parents. To enroll, you or your doctor must use [...]

Cryo-Cell International
INTERNET: www.cryo-cell.com
PHONE: 800-STOR-CELL
OFFICE: Oldsmar FL, near Tampa
STORAGE: Oldsmar FL, near Tampa
Accreditation: AABB, NJ, NY
COMMENT: Cryo-Cell is one of the original private Cord Blood banks and has been a publicly traded company since 1991: Nasdaq OTCBB symbol CCEL. Cryo-Cell has partnerships with biotech companies researching Cord Blood applications.
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First transplant press release and [...]

Cryobanks International
INTERNET: www.cryo-intl.com
PHONE: 800-869-8608 or 407-834-8333
OFFICE: Altamonte Springs, FL; near Orlando
STORAGE: Altamonte Springs, FL; near Orlando
Accreditation: AABB, NJ, NY
COMMENT: Cryobanks International offers both public and private Cord Blood banking. Their public program accepts donations mailed in from anywhere in the US. Donated Cord Blood may be listed on a transplant registry or may be used [...]

CordTrust
INTERNET:www.cordtrust.com
PHONE: 866-877-1838
OFFICE: Cambridge, MA
STORAGE: Hebron, KY, outside Cincinnati, OH.
Accreditation: AABB, NJ, NY
COMMENT: Cord Trust is a value brand subsidiary of Viacell, a publicly-traded biotech company (Nasdaq:VIAC) which also owns the family bank Viacord. This brand has less aggressive marketing and customer service, but offers families the benefits of Cord Blood banking at a significant cost [...]

Cord Blood Solutions
INTERNET: www.cordbloodsolutions.com
PHONE: 1-866-584-STEM (7836)
OFFICE: Alpharetta, GA
STORAGE: Community Blood Services, Allendale, NJ
Accreditation: AABB
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Founded by Dr. Alan Einstein, an Internal Medicine/Critical Care physician in Atlanta.
The Cord Blood laboratory at Community Blood Services handles all private Cord Blood units the same way, but each bank which stores at their lab has a separate [...]

Cord Blood Registery
INTERNET: www.cordblood.com
PHONE: 888-CORDBLOOD
OFFICE: San Bruno, CA
STORAGE: Tucson, AZ
Accreditation: AABB, CA, MD, NJ, NY
COMMENT: CBR is one of the original family Cord Blood banks, has the world’s largest Cord Blood inventory, and has the most experience with family transplants.
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List of CBR transplants.
Real people, real stories of transplant patients who banked with [...]

Cord Blood America (includes CorCell)
INTERNET: www.cordblood-america.com
PHONE: 888-326-7235 (888-3-CORCELL)
OFFICE: Los Angeles, CA and Philadelphia, PA
STORAGE: Progenitor Cell Therapy, Hackensack, NJ
Accreditation: AABB, NJ, NY
COMMENT: Cord Blood America is a publicly held (Nasdaq OTCBB:CBAI) holding company which owns the subsidiary banks Cord Partners and CorCell, and has acquired the Cord Blood banks CORD of NY and [...]