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StemCyte International Cord Blood Center

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StemCyte International Cord Blood Center

Private company StemCyte and its subsidiaries are dedicated to providing high quality, cost-effective stem cell transplantation and therapy to all patients in need.

StemCyte specializes in stem cell technology such as transplantation therapy, diagnostics, research and development, and genomics. One area of focus is in Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (UCBSCT), a substitute for traditional bone marrow transplantation (BMT).

Cord blood transplantation has proven to be effective with over 2,000 transplantation performed to date and shown to be equal to bone marrow transplantation in most aspects, including survival. However, due to the high cost, only a few tens of thousands specimens have been banked in the world, mostly by non-profit or government backed agencies.

Therefore, SCI intends to create the largest private donor umbilical cord blood stem cell bank in the world.

StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

These Los Angeles area hospitals contract with StemCyte for cord blood donations:

White Memorial Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

Garfield Medical Center
Monterey Park, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

St. Joseph’s Hospital of Orange
Orange, CA Children’s Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank
(714) 516-4335

Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Torrance, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

Citrus Valley Medical Center – Queen of the Valley
West Covina, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

Kaiser Permanente
Woodland Hills, CA StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
(866) STEMCYTE

StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
400 Rolyn Place
Arcadia, CA 91007
(866) STEMCYTE

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UCLA Umbilical Cord Blood Bank

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Many hospitals in the Los Angeles area participate in both private and public cord blood donation and storage systems. It is up to the expectant mother to decide if she wishes to bear the lifelong cost of a private storage facility or to make her baby’s cord blood available to research and needy patients at large.

It is not a small choice and is best made with advice from the doctor and cord blood donation center.

UCLA Umbilical Cord Blood Bank
The mission of the UCLA Umbilical Cord Blood Bank is to support patients in need of a bone marrow transplant by banking umbilical cord blood from a variety of ethnic groups with continuing quality improvement and in an environment that fosters research.

Participating hospitals include UCLA, Cedars-Sinai, Long Beach Memorial, Garfield, and Daniel Freeman. Expectant mothers interested in donating cord blood to the program, please send them an email at UCLACord@mednet.ucla.edu and put “Donor” in the subject line.