Cord Blood Registry (CBR) is the world's largest public donation bank, and is famous for reliability, quality and safe storage. Using AutoXpress (AXP), a cutting-edge technology to gather and store blood, consumers have the opportunity to cryopreserve their own genetically-related stem cells for future therapeutic use.

"The AXP technology uses a next-generation cryobag for storage that is constructed with a blow-molded process that eliminates seams...[which] is important because it greatly improves the integrity of the bag and significantly decreases the potential for breakage that has been documented to occur in traditional seamed-plastic storage bags." States Phil Coelho, chief executive officer of Themogenesis.

That information is important because of the amount of mononucleated cells (MNCs) from cord blood that is salvaged, and the ability to process multiple samples in less than an hour, separating red blood cells and plasma into separate bags. This makes the process the most sterile and efficient method of retrieval and storage in the industry. CBR also uses one of the most accurate data tracking softwares in the industry, called XpressTRAK.

Protecting cord blood in this manner, reducing errors in data collection with the XpressTrak system, and producing higher volumes of MNC’s means recipients receive the best possible blood and plasma available for life-threatening conditions, such as leukemia.

CBR’s network of cord blood banks is located worldwide, and doctors can locate cord blood units both within the United States, and abroad, such as Australia, Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. CBR also maintains cooperative relationships with The National Marrow Donor Program, in hopes that more lives can be saved by the use of cord blood and the research being done to fight diseases that know no boundaries.

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