Biobanks are diverse processing and storage facilities that maintain biospecimens. These stored biological materials can be used for drug development and discovery efforts, precision medicine studies, biomarker-based preclinical research, and more. Increasingly, biobanks are also storing stem cell lines, such as induced pluripotent stem cell lines that are being derived from both healthy and diseased donors. Biobanks can also contain cord blood units collected from newborns, as well as associated tissues that may contain stem cell and progenitor cells, such as umbilical cord blood tissue or placental tissue. [Read more…]
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Market Penetration for Cord Tissue Storage in the U.S.
While the cord blood banking industry emerged in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, the cord tissue storage industry didn’t emerge until much later when a Taiwanese company launched the service in 2008 (Healthbank Biotech). By 2009, two companies in Hong Kong were offering the service of cord tissue storage. It took until 2010 for the first U.S. cord blood bank, Cord Blood Registry (CBR) to offer the service, which it started in July 2010.
Today, the majority of private U.S. cord blood banks offer the service. A more in-depth analysis of the rate of market penetration within the U.S. is provided below.
History of Cord Tissue Storage
When an analysis of cord tissue storage was first completed by BioInformant in 2013, only nine companies where offering the service in the United States. These companies are shown in the table below. [Read more…]
Will Cord Blood Banking be the Next Trend in BioBanking?
A biobank is a repository that stores biological samples (usually human) for use in research and medicine. The registration of each sample entering and exiting the system is centrally stored on a computer system that is frequently backed up, and the physical location of each sample is noted to allow efficient location of specimens. Storage of the specimens may range from controlled ambient (room temperature), to +4°C, -20°C, -80°C, and -196°C (liquid or vapor nitrogen, LN2).
Trends, Influencers, and Leaders in Stem Cells and Cord Blood
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Do You Know the Top 5 iPS Cell Influencers (Right Now)?
This article considers five of the most influential people operating within the iPS cell marketplace right now. These individuals are renowned industry experts, innovative thought leaders, and of course, highly-sought after speakers, advisers, and board members. Their individual opinions on iPS cell topics can substantially alter public perception…
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CDI, a FUJIFILM company, Announces Launch of World’s Largest Public Stem Cell Bank
On September 1st, Cellular Dynamics International, a FUJIFILM company, announced news that reverberated throughout the stem cell community. The company launched the world’s largest publicly available stem cell bank, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) hPSC Repository, and the availability of the first 300 iPS cell lines. [Read more…]
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