Address: Bodenhof 4, 6014 Luzern, Switzerland

Why preserve perinatal tissues – the placenta, umbilical cord blood, and umbilical cord tissue when a baby is born?


1. They can be used in the treatment of serious diseases (e.g. lymphoma, leukaemia, and malignant brain tumours)

2. They can be used in both childhood and adulthood

3. They can also be used for siblings

Why preserve perinatal tissues –
the placenta, umbilical cord blood, and umbilical cord tissue when a baby is born?


1. They can be used in the treatment of serious diseases
    (e.g. lymphoma, leukaemia, and malignant brain tumours)

2. They can be used in both childhood and adulthood

3. They can also be used for siblings

You Can Rely on the European Leader

  • We are one of the most experienced cord blood banks with more than 20 years' experience
  • We are the second biggest private cord blood bank in Europe
  • We were one of the first in the field and so far we have processed and stored the cord blood, cord tissue and placenta for more than 180 000 clients
  • We have active branches in 8 European countries and we would like to expand into new markets.
  • In 1997 we were among the first in Europe to begin working with professional preparation of cord blood transplants. Thanks to international cooperation, our own research and continuous improvement in technology, we can now offer...

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Discover how therapies with umbilical cord blood or tissue are advancing, how it improves patients' lives or find useful advice for parents.
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Stories of successful treatment

Stories of successful treatment

Umbilical cord blood helps worldwide. Read more about stories of successfully cured patients treated with cord blood or umbilical cord or placental tissue.
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Benefits and support

We don’t just store cord blood, we offer more to our clients. We strive to make the right treatment available to our clients both at home and abroad.
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List of services

Choose from several types of collections, which differ in their composition. All services can be found here.

Umbilical cord blood collection
Umbilical cord blood + placenta blood collection
Umbilical cord tissue collection
Placenta tissue collection              
Umbilical cord blood collection

Collection of cord blood from umbilical cord tissue is the basic collection and is offered by all cord blood banks. Cord blood is collected from the vessels of the umbilical cord immediately after childbirth and before the…

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Umbilical cord blood + placenta blood collection

Our cord blood banks also offer an innovative combined technology of collection. This method combines the standard collection of umbilical cord blood from the umbilical cord vessels with collection from the surface veins of the placenta. The first…

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Umbilical cord tissue collection

A spectrum of stem cells is also provided by the tissue of the umbilical cord. Cells from umbilical cord tissue are mutually complimentary in terms of their properties and potential uses with cells from umbilical cord blood.…

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Placenta tissue collection              

A concentrate of placental stem cells is a new and important source of mesenchymal stem cells, blood-forming stem cells and endothelial progenitors. It’s a unique source of stem cells, which have ever wider possibilities of therapeutic application in…

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Doctors recommend umbilical cord blood collection

Learn why doctors recommend the collection and storage of cord blood, umbilical cord tissue, and placental tissue for your baby.