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    National Cord
    Blood Network

    A New Era in Cord Blood Transplantation

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    Transplant Center
    Training

    Optimize transplant practices to increase cord blood transplant activity and improve outcomes

    Cord Blood Utilization

    Cord Blood Utilization

    Increase utilization of readily available, high quality, publicly banked cord blood units

    The National Cord Blood Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing curative cord blood transplants (CBT) across the U.S for the treatment of blood or bone marrow cancers and other bone marrow diseases, as well as utilizing cord blood for cell therapies. By partnering with Transplant Centers, patient advocacy groups, national entities and cord blood banks, we aim to improve patient access to curative CBT.

    Increase CBT Access and Activity

    Increase CBT activity by creating collaborations, optimizing practices, and supporting Transplant Centers.

    Build Momentum by fostering collaborations and patient advocacy

    Conduct research to evaluate patient outcomes, foster collaborations, and facilitate adoption across the field.

    Drive Innovation and Research

    Leverage the public Cord Blood Inventory to cure disease.

    Utilize Existing Inventory

    Maximize the use of readily available, banked cord blood units to benefit more patients.

    Transplant Center Collaborations

    Optimizing Clinical Practice & Advancing the CBT Field
    The Network will work to increase CBT activity by optimizing CB transplant practices across the U.S. It will collaborate with Centers in the implementation of the necessary infrastructure and train staff to perform these life-saving transplants. Additionally, the Network will foster transplant center collaborations to promote novel clinical and correlative laboratory research to spearhead advances in the field.

    Dedicated to saving lives through CB transplantation

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    Elevate and Empower
    Patients

    Address A Critical Unmet Healthcare Need
    CBT can be a highly effective curative treatment for patients with acute leukemia and other diseases of the bone marrow. NCBN collaborates with patient advocacy groups to empower patients with knowledge about CBT and features transplant recipient journeys to elevate and amplify their voices.

    Patient Journeys

    Real patients, real transplants, real hope – stories of the life-saving potential of cord blood transplant.

    *All Patient Journeys are published with permission.

    Alexes Harris

    Alexes Harris

    UW Professor of Sociology & Cord Blood Transplant Recipient

    Celebration of Cord Blood, Seattle May 2025

    Alexes Harris

    UW Professor of Sociology & Cord Blood Transplant Recipient

    Celebration of Cord Blood, Seattle May 2025

    "Nine years ago, I was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a form of blood cancer. I was told I would have 18-24 months [to live] without treatment . . . I knew that particularly as having a mixed race ancestry. . . it was going to be really hard to find a match." After making the decision to receive a cord blood transplant, "on day 17, I began engrafting and was in the hospital for 30 days and then you do the 100 days of intense treatment and supportive care after that." "My daughter just graduated from high school and I was able to see her walk across that stage - something I worried about not attending at the time of my diagnosis. I am so thankful just for time, time to live".
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