Just the Facts: The Science & Potential of Cell Donation & Banking

Donating stem cells is a powerful way to help patients in need and advance research.

Cord Blood & Uses to Treat Disease
Blood stem cells found in cord blood have the ability to cure patients of specific diseases of the blood and immune systems. Learn more about cord blood, its therapeutic uses, donation, and banking.

Transforming Scientific Research
To understand human disease, researchers must ultimately study human cells. Learn more about how donating cells for research can advance biomedical science and the potential to understand and treat disease.

The Clinical Applications of Donating and Banking Stem Cells
Some types of stem cells can be donated or frozen at very low temperatures and stored, or banked, for future use. In this resource, we provide the current science on the clinical applications of donating or banking several commonly discussed stem cell types.