URL: http://www.virginhealthbank.com/
Proper Citation: Virgin Health Bank (RRID:SCR_008719)
Description: Virgin Health Bank was developed to meet the needs of families in the UK who are considering banking their baby''s cord blood stem cells and want the support of an ethically motivated cord blood bank committed to delivering high quality service. We provide an HTA licensed state-of-the-art processing and storage service for parents who would like to store the stem cells from their newborn baby''s umbilical cord blood. * Uniquely we offer you a choice of cord blood banking services; your family can choose from our Family Banking service or our Community Banking service. * We empower UK families to make informed decisions about storing their baby''s cord blood stem cells by providing them with accurate and honest information and do not pressure them into buying our services. * Stem cells from our cord blood bank have been used for transplantation by Doctors in the UK''s National Health Service and we''re proud to operate under a license issued to us by the Human Tissue Authority. If you choose our Family Banking service or our Community Banking you will be informed once your baby''s stem cells have been safely collected, tested and stored. If you have chosen our Community Banking service then we will separate the unit into two elements. Your family''s portion of the unit will be treated in exactly the same way as those in our Family Banking service. It is your family''s and nothing will be done to it or with it without your express written permission. We will test the cells to determine the HLA type. Information on the element of the stem cell unit that you have chosen to donate to the community will be included on an international registry alongside those of others. The registry provides real hope to families and individuals afflicted with diseases where cord blood stems cells are approved for treatment. Doctors use this registry as a resource from which they can request donated cord blood for treatments. These are used in circumstances where a tissue typed, donated unit is required rather than the patient''s own. By contributing to the development of this international registry you maximize the availability of stem cells for the treatment of your family and others. By helping others you also help yourself by helping to develop a community stem cell bank from which your own family may benefit.
Abbreviations: Virgin Health Bank
Resource Type: material resource, biomaterial supply resource, cell repository
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