StemCyte

StemCyte

 

DESCRIPTION: This bank is a Participating Member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Cord Blood bank network. StemCyte is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards as well as other standards. StemCyte is the most active bank in the NMDP public network, with a transplant history of providing over 600 Cord Blood units to over 130 worldwide transplant centers to treat more than 70 diseases (as of Nov 2007). Stemcyte is a for-profit company, global company, headquartered in California, which collects Cord Blood donations. Stemcyte also operates the national cord blood bank of Taiwan, whose units are also listed in the NMDP. StemCyte Family is a subsidiary of Stemcyte which offers private banking services. US hospitals which collect donations for Stemcyte are listed below.

California:

• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA
• Citrus Valley Medical Center (Queen of the Valley), West Covina, CA
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA
• White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Ohio: Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus Georgia: DeKalb Medical Center, Atlanta Washington, D.C.: Washington Hospital Center The StemCyte processing method is different from most cord blood banks. The proprietary “StemCyte Stem Cell Optimization Process” was developed during the 1990’s by researchers participating in the federally-funded COrd Blood Transplantation study (COBLT). The StemCyte processing method stores plasma-depleted whole blood, rather than separating mononuclear cells by red cell depletion. StemCyte claims that their units have 90% recovery of MonoNuclear Cells (MNC). StemCyte also conducts clinical trials. As of 2006, StemCyte is collaborating with Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D., a reknowned neuroscientist at the Rutgers University W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuoscience. Together they are cnducting a clinical trial in Taiwan on the use of cord blood to repair Spinal Cod Injury.

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants & Research

COLLECTS FROM: California, Ohio, Georgia, Washington D.C., and Taiwan

INTERNET: www.stemcyte.com

PHONE: (866) STEMCYTE

STORAGE: Arcadia, CA

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP, CRIR

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