Bank Info

By Cord Blood Advisor • June 28th, 2007

Securacell
INTERNET: www.securacell.com
PHONE: 866-836-CELL
OFFICE: Canton, OH
STORAGE: BioStorage Technologies, Indianapolis, Indiana
Accreditation: no
COMMENT: Securacell is an independent company, not an affiliate of another bank.
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As of summer 2004, Securacell has a partnership with BioStorage Technologies, Indianapolis, IN, for Cord Blood storage.
They also store Cord Blood at General BioTechnology (The Genesis Bank), Indianapolis, IN
Staff includes three nurses [...]

Safetycord, Inc.
INTERNET: www.safetycord.com
PHONE: +1 305 432 2673
OFFICE: Puerto Rico
STORAGE: Community Blood Services, Allendale, NJ Accreditation: AABB
COMMENT: Website in Spanish only. Safetycord operates primarily in Puerto Rico, which is a United States protectorate, hence they are listed as a USA bank. They also ship some Cord Blood from Spain.
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The Cord Blood laboratory at [...]

Regenerative Medicine Institute (RMI)
INTERNET: www.rmilabs.com
PHONE: 877-844-7379
OFFICE: Nevada
STORAGE: Community Blood Services laboratory in Allendale, NJ
Accreditation: AABB
COMMENT: This bank has not responded to inquiries from this website.
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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 [...]

New England Cord Blood Bank

INTERNET: www.cordbloodbank.com
PHONE: 888-700-CORD
OFFICE: Boston, MA
STORAGE: New England Cryogenic Center, Boston, MA
Accreditation: AABB, NY
COMMENT: New England Cord Blood Bank is one of the original private Cord Blood banks. New England Cryogenic Center, the largest cryogenic facility in North America, is the parent company of New England Cord Blood Bank.
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The [...]

Newborn Blood Banking, Inc.
INTERNET: www.newbornblood.com
PHONE: 888-948-CORD
OFFICE: Tampa, FL
STORAGE: Tampa, FL
Accreditation: none
COMMENT: Emphasis on storage of whole blood, with no red cell or plasma depletion.
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Newborn was founded by parents working out of their home in the Tampa Bay area. It is now operated in a building adjacent to the home and employs a [...]

NeoCells
INTERNET: www.neocells.com
PHONE: 888-50-CELLS
OFFICE: Palm Harbor, FL
STORAGE: Reproductive Genetics Institute, Chicago, IL and Community Blood Services, Allendale, NJ
Accreditation: RGI: none; CBS: AABB, NJ, NY
COMMENT: NeoCells is currently the “most affordable” family Cord Blood bank.
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Neocells and AdultCells are both marketing companies which are subsidiaries of Vivicells (office in Chicago). Neocells banks umbilical Cord Blood [...]

MAZE Labs
INTERNET: www.MAZEcordblood.com
PHONE: 914-683-0000
OFFICE: Westchester, NY
STORAGE: Storage facility in Purchase, NY. Processing lab at the White Plains office of the NY Blood Center, called “Hudson Valley Blood Services”.
Accreditation: AABB, NJ, NY
COMMENT: MAZE was originally a fertility center named after the initials of the founding doctor’s four sons (Mathew, Adam, Zachary and Evan). Cord Blood storage [...]

LifeLine Cryogenics
INTERNET: www.lifelinecryogenics.com
PHONE: 1-866-967-CRYO
OFFICE: Stamford, CT
STORAGE: Stamford, CT
Accreditation: AABB
COMMENT: LifeLine is a broad spectrum cryogenics company offering storage of sperm, eggs, ovarian tissue, embryos, and Cord Blood. The Cord Blood program serves the MA, CT, and NJ area.
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LifeLine uses dedicated medical couriers; their goal is to deliver the blood to the laboratory [...]

LifebankUSA (A Celgene Company)
INTERNET: www.lifebankusa.com
PHONE: 877-LIFEBANK
OFFICE: Cedar Knolls, NJ
STORAGE: Cedar Knolls, NJ
Accreditation: AABB, MD, NJ, NY
COMMENT: LifebankUSA and its parent company, Celgene Corporation (Nasdaq: CELG) offer both family and public Cord Blood banking. They are currently (June 2007) the only company which offers the option to bank placental Stem Cells for family use. Through [...]

HemaStem Therapeutics

INTERNET: www.hemastem.com
PHONE: 800-203-7349; or Email info@hemastem.com
OFFICE: Main office located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
STORAGE: Alternate labs for Canada & USA: USA lab is Community Blood Services, Paramus, NJ; Canada lab is Stem Sciences Inc. in North York, Ontario.
Accreditation: USA lab: AABB; Canada lab: none
COMMENT: HemaStem, aka HemaLife, are privately owned. HemaStem is owned by Geneticas [...]