Cleveland Cord Blood Center

04/20/2026

Happy Medical Laboratory Professionals Week from our lab to yours! This year, we’re celebrating with a Toy Story inspired theme, complete with plenty of food, games, and fun!

Pictured below are Jordan and Sumaiya, two of our incredible laboratory team members, who helped transform our break room and bring the celebration to life.

We are truly grateful for all of our laboratory professionals whose dedication and expertise make a difference every single day!

03/20/2026

CCBC is proud to help patients in need by providing cord blood units for transplant in every responsible way we can.

During the first week of March, CCBC supported two important shipments of cord blood to Gamida for the manufacture of the BLA-approved cell therapy product Omisirge. A big show of respect to the Gamida team for keeping critical work moving forward while navigating ongoing regional challenges.

A giant THANK YOU to the NMDP team for finding creative, collaborative ways to deliver these units despite significant logistical hurdles, including airspace closures across the Middle East.

Moments like this are a reminder that collaboration matters—together we’re stronger and able to reach patients who are counting on all of us.

Pictured below is a dry shipper, the transport vehicle for frozen products.

02/11/2026

Meet Matt! Our latest CCBC Employee Spotlight features another one of our talented Processing Facility Technologists. Since joining CCBC last June, Matt has been a great addition to our team!

12/05/2025

Check out CCBC's latest Employee Spotlight featuring Jayden, one of our amazing Processing Facility Technologists! Jayden joined CCBC in June of this year, and we are thrilled to have Jayden be a part of our team!

11/17/2025

Happy World Cord Blood Day 2025!

The Cleveland Cord Blood Center is celebrating World Cord Blood Day in the best way possible—by shipping an HPC, Cord Blood Unit for clinical transplant!

Two of CCBC’s outstanding laboratory professionals, Miranda and Matt, prepared and loaded the dry shipper with this life-saving product. The unit is now on its way to the transplant center, where it will be infused into a patient awaiting a stem cell transplant.

These life-changing transplants are made possible thanks to our incredible cord blood donors, dedicated collection site staff, skilled laboratory professionals, and diligent quality team.

Wishing Everyone a Healthy and Happy World Cord Blood Day!

08/21/2025

The Cleveland Cord Blood Center is celebrating it's San Leandro cord blood collection site! Earlier this year, two cord blood units, that were collected by Alisha Scott CNM, and Elizabeth Edwards, CNM, were shipped for clinical transplant to help two patient’s in need. We applaud their collection efforts, as well as the wonderful donors who selflessly donate their cord blood to be used as a treatment for those with blood disorders.

05/09/2025

04/22/2025

🎉 Happy Lab Week 2025! 🎉

This year, we're embracing the spirit of adventure with our Girls Scouts and Adventure Camp theme!

At CCBC, we're celebrating our incredible laboratory techs with a week full of food, games, and prizes!

We are so grateful for these hardworking, talented, and incredibly smart individuals who make a difference every day.

Thank you for all that you do!

02/20/2025

The month of January was a busy month at the Cleveland Cord Blood Center (CCBC). In total, we shipped an impressive 9 units for clinical transplant! Two of the units that were shipped were collected at Fairview Hospital by Michele Colangelo, DO and Sarah Lengen, MD (pictured below). To date, ten units collected by Dr. Colangelo and nine units collected by Dr. Lengen have been shipped for clinical transplant! Special thanks to our amazing donating mothers across our collection sites, and to our dedicated collectors, such as these two, who are helping to save lives one cord at a time! THANK YOU!

01/17/2025

Congratulations to the U.S. public cord blood banks who, in 2024, were recognized with the “Be There” award by the NMDP! This award highlights the ability of the public cord blood banks to ship high-quality cord blood products for clinical transplant, often with very little advance notice. The public cord blood banks are experienced in accommodating these urgent requests, often shipping products either the next day or the same day, depending on the patient's and transplant center’s needs.

NMDP interviewed individuals from different cord blood banks, featuring several of our own team members from CCBC, to highlight these great achievements. Check out the video link below to learn more about this amazing network of public cord blood banks!

The Be There Award recognizes an individual or group who has been an advocate for patients, donors and/or providers. They have shared first-hand experiences ...

12/31/2024

The Cleveland Cord Blood Center (CCBC) would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2025!

Pictured below are CCBC team members, family, and friends who took part in the Light the Night Walk sponsored by fellow nonprofit organization the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). The walk was held in October in Cleveland, OH with proceeds from the event going to LLS to help find cures for cancer. This aligns with CCBC’s mission to advance umbilical cord blood cell therapy treatments to save lives, enhance health, and expand knowledge one birth at a time.

As we near the end of 2024, we would also like to express our gratitude to everyone who has supported our mission. We are truly grateful. Join us in making 2025 a year of innovation, hope, and brighter possibilities for all!

11/26/2024

In honor of World Cord Blood Day, our amazing nursing staff and collectors at our collection sites located in California, Georgia, and Ohio, gathered together to celebrate with trivia games, food, and fun! This important day, which is celebrated annually on November 15, raises awareness about cord blood to save lives through research and direct transplant. There are over 80 different life-threatening diseases that can be treated with cord blood stem cells. To learn more about cord blood stem cells, the collection process, and research use, visit our website at https://clevelandcordblood.org