Since 1988 the Swiss Blood Stem Cells  has been involved with unrelated adult blood stem cell donation. Since some years it also supports the building of cord blood banks and the open-anonymous donation of cord blood.

More than 2200 registered cord blood units (as of September 2009) are stored in the two public cord blood banks in Basel and Geneva. There is a great willingness of pregnant women to donate placenta and umbilical cord after giving birth. Further growth is however limited due to financial reasons: Treating, typing and storage cost around 2,500 Swiss francs per unit.

For this reason the Swiss Blood Stem Cells decided in 2005 to support the growth of the public cord blood banks in the coming years. It finances the largest part of the running costs, between 500,000 and 900,000 francs per year.

Here you can support the Foundation directly, and with a voluntary monetary contribution you can support the work involved with and the treatment of blood stem cells from the cord and placenta. Donate now online or order payment slips. Every donation counts!