Helping families navigate their health journey with confidence
Why Families Choose ViaCord
Planning for your family’s future health is an important decision. Families choose ViaCord for trusted experience, quality, and innovative services that bring confidence and peace of mind today and into the future. Explore The ViaCord Difference.
Get More From Banking
Families only have one chance to bank their newborn's stem cells. That’s why we’re passionate about helping parents get more out of their banking experience.
Cord Tissue Banking
Store Cord Tissue Stem Cells
We've invested in a processing technology that extracts cord tissue stem cells prior to storage resulting in:
Recovery of all stem cell types including mesenchymal, endothelial, epithelial, neuronal, hematopoietic, and perivascular.
8-times the number of cord tissue stem cells compared to other methods that extract cells from thawed frozen segments of cord tissue.
Cord tissue stem cells that are processed and stored in their own 5-compartment bag. Clinical use requires cells, not tissue.
Genetic Health Insights
Early Insights. Early Action.
ViaCord is the only private cord blood bank harnessing the power of cord blood and DNA by offering optional genetic tests that use cord blood to provide parents early, actionable health insights based on their child’s unique DNA.
Newborn Digestive Health
Provides genetic insights into a child’s risk for developing celiac disease and primary lactose intolerance. Early insights can inform lifestyle choices.
Genetic Insights Panel
Analyzes 290+ genes associated with childhood-onset conditions, including the analysis of 50+ genes identified as medically actionable by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG).
Newborn DNA Guardian
Parents can preserve a securely stored a sample of their newborn's DNA at ViaCord’s lab for potential future genomic testing.
Whole Genome Sequencing
Sequences all 22,000 genes analyzes 2,500 genes with known associations to childhood onset-conditions and medication sensitivities. Genome sample can be re-analyze in future.
Stem Cell Storage
5-Compartment Bag
We're proud to go the extra step for our families by storing cord blood and cord tissue stem cells in their own 5-Compartment bag, the latest innovation in newborn stem cell storage. A multi-compartment bag gives families more options & flexibility:
Physicians can access cells from a single collection in as many as five treatments or all at once - depending on the condition.
Puts families in a good position to take advantage of stem cell expansion technologies should they be realized.
ViaCord Families Using Cord Blood
More than 625 families have used their cord blood stored with ViaCord in a stem cell transplant or regenerative medicine clinical trial. Families share they're thankful they had their stored cord blood as an option, and we’re proud to have helped.
Watch some of their stories below or view cord blood use details
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Rosalia's Story
Pediatric Cancer
When Rosalia's cancer returned, her sister's cord blood provided her medical team with a potentially life-saving treatment option.
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Brady's Story
Cerebral Palsy
Brady used his own cord blood in a cerebral palsy clinical trial after complications at birth.
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Patrick's Story
Cerebral Palsy
Patrick’s family uncovered his in-utero stroke and turned to his stored cord blood for a cerebral palsy clinical trial. Watch their incredible journey.
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Ashton's Story
Finding New Hope
Ashton was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after a bout of RSV and pneumonia at six weeks old. His parents share their inspiring story of how Ashton used his own cord blood banked with ViaCord in a research study.
QUALITY MATTERS
ViaCord's Processing & Storage Lab
Parents take comfort knowing ViaCord is the only family bank accredited by the AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) for processing and storing newborn stem cells from both umbilical cord blood and cord tissue.
- Operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year
- Centrally located outside Cincinnati, Ohio
- FDA registered, CLIA certified, and AABB accredited
- Hundreds of thousands of stem cell units processed and stored
- Uses same freezers as NIH and CDC
- Storage tanks housed in a FEMA class storage vault
- 24/7 sample monitoring
Inside ViaCord
Get a glimpse of ViaCord's processing and storage lab at work and see what drives our decades-long experience.
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How It Works
ViaCord's Processing & Storage Lab
From collection kit arrival to stem cell cryopreservation, experience the processing and storage journey at ViaCord's FDA approved, CLIA Certified, and AABB Accredited lab.
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Why ViaCord
Our Commitment to Families
Dr. John Carmichael, Director of Laboratory operations, shares how our decades of experience reflect our commitment to quality, innovation, and the families we serve.
We Put Family First
The Sibling Connection Program
ViaCord's Sibling Connection Program provides our high-quality cord blood collection, processing and lifetime storage (78 years) at no cost to expecting parents who have a child with an established diagnosis that is currently treatable with a sibling cord blood transplant and meet the enrollment requirements of the program. Nearly 10,000 families have joined Sibling Connection over the years.
We're not alone in our mission to empower families to plan for a healthier future. We're backed by the strength and expertise of our parent company Revvity (NYSE: RVTY), a global diagnostics leader committed to solving the world's most pressing health challenges. We’re harnessing the combined force of ViaCord's family-centric vision and Revvity's innovative approach to health management to create a ripple effect of positive change.
Explore Our Services
We understand every family is unique. That's why we offer a range of services that empower parents to plan for their family's future health in their own way.