Citric Phosphate with Dextrose Buffer (CPD)

cord blood collected with kits using Liquid CPD appeared to contain significantly more Nucleated and CD34+ cells than units collected with Dry Heparin

What makes FamilyCord have the safest cord blood collection kit?

October 25, 2010

What makes FamilyCord have the safest cord blood collection kit? Find out for yourself.

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FDA Guidance to the Cord Blood Industry on CPD

April 21, 2010

In its latest guidance to the cord blood industry the FDA has recommended that cord blood banks  use only citrate-based anticoagulants (CPD) in their transport storage containers.  FamilyCord exclusively uses CPD in its state of the art collection kit. Guidance for Industry Minimally Manipulated, Unrelated Allogeneic Placental/Umbilical Cord Blood Intended for Hematopoietic Reconstitution for Specified [...]

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Higher CD34+ Cells Collected Using Liquid CPD in Cord Blood Collection Kits

March 29, 2010

In a study presented at the 51st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in December 2009, researchers found that cord blood collected with kits using Liquid CPD appeared to contain significantly more Nucleated and CD34+ cells than units collected with Dry Heparin. The number and potency of stem cells in collected cord blood after [...]

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FamilyCord Unveils Safer and More Effective Cord Blood Collection Kit

March 15, 2010

  March 2, 2010 – FamilyCord, a subsidiary of California Cryobank, is leading the charge in the private cord blood banking industry for safer, more effective collection kits. FamilyCord’s start-of-the-art collection kit is redefining the scientific standards for collection and transport employed by the cord blood banking industry. “Cord blood banking is an invaluable asset [...]

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