# National Cord Blood Program, New York Blood Center

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## TL;DR

The world's first public cord blood bank, run by New York Blood Center, which marked its 30th anniversary in February 2023. It stopped collecting in 2020 but keeps more than 27,000 frozen cord blood units for transplants and research.

## Summary

New York Blood Center describes its National Cord Blood Program as the world's first public cord blood bank; it marked its 30th anniversary in February 2023. The first clinical transplants of unrelated-donor cord blood were performed with NCBP units, and in 2011 it became the first to obtain an FDA biologics licence, for HEMACORD. NCBP stopped active collections in 2020 and maintains a cryopreserved inventory of more than 27,000 clinical-grade units, offered through NYBC's Comprehensive Cell Solutions as unrelated-donor transplant sources and for cell therapy research.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: NCBP; National Cord Blood Program; HEMACORD; Comprehensive Cell Solutions
- Tags: transplant; stem-cell
- City: Rye, US
- Type: research-institute
- Website: https://www.comprehensivecellsolutions.com/services/cord-blood/

## Notes

- The 1993 opening is inferred from the 30th anniversary in February 2023 stated on the page; the page does not give the year directly.
- The WMDA listing gives 601 Midland Avenue, Rye, New York; coordinates are Rye. NYBC's former programme URL now redirects to its home page.

## Sources

- Comprehensive Cell Solutions: cord blood (National Cord Blood Program): https://www.comprehensivecellsolutions.com/services/cord-blood/
- WMDA: Find your registry (member map): https://wmda.info/find-your-registry/
- WMDA Share profile ION-8691: https://share.wmda.info/display/WMDAREG/ION-8691

## Connected records

- institutions: [World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA)](https://onco.cc/institutions/wmda/)
- terms: [Allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT)](https://onco.cc/terms/allogeneic-transplant/)

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