Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute

Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute

 

DESCRIPTION: The Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program provides FREE Cord Blood banking to families that may need a transplant for a full sibling in the future. The Sibling Donor program only covers free cord blood banking; it does not cover the cost of the transplant itself. In order to be eligible for the Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program, the family must meet one of the following conditions:

• You have a child with a condition that can be treated by Stem Cell transplant, and you are expecting a baby who will be a full sibling (same parents) to the affected child.
• Prenatal diagnosis indicates that your unborn child is affected with a condition that can be treated by Stem Cell transplant.
• Your unborn child is at greatly increased risk for a condition that can be treated by Stem Cell transplant.

From fall 2005 through summer 2007, families must contact this program by calling the private cord blood bank Viacord at the phone number 866-861-8435 (please note this is NOT their general customer number) and request the Sibling Connection Program. History: The Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program was originally established via a grant from the US federal agency the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insititute (NHLBI) to Children’s Hospital of Oakland. The program had a website at www.siblingcordblood.org. However, the NHLBI funding expired in August 2005. The Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program has been guaranteed federal funding from the new national program of cord blood banking to be initiated under the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (see the web page on cord blood legislation). However, this new infusion of federal funding will not commence until 2007. On 30 May 2006, a press release issued by Viacell announced that they would provide banking services for the Sibling Donor program.

COLLECTS FOR: Transplants for Siblings

COLLECTS FROM:

INTERNET: www.chori.org/Services/Sibling_Donor_Cord_Blood_Program

PHONE: (510) 450-7605

STORAGE: Oakland, CA

TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES:

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