Research Products

The National Corld Blood Program has a large inventory of cryopreserved clinical grade Cord Blood Units. Each has been evaluated for infectious disease markers, HLA typing and have been consented for clinical use under IND or for Research Use.

Our whole blood units contain approximately 500 mL of unseparated blood collected from a single donor. Each unit contains red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), platelets, and plasma providing a comprehensive sample for your research needs.

Our packed red blood cell unit is approximately 200mL-300mL. Red blood cells are separated from whole blood, with plasma and platelets removed.

Expired products available upon request.

Plasma is the liquid component of blood containing water, electrolytes, proteins, and clotting factors. Our plasma products are separated from whole blood yielding a volume of approximately 300mL or by apheresis which can yield volumes of 200mL, 400mL, or 600mL.

Expired products available upon request. Frozen plasma units are available and are frozen within 72 hours of collection.

For Further Manufacturing (FFM) plasma is available for use in producing therapeutic products like clotting factor concentrates, albumin, or immunoglobulins in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Platelets are harvested from a single donor during an apheresis collection. A unit contains at least 3×10^11 platelets.

Leukocytes, white blood cells, can be made either from whole blood or apheresis. We offer leukocytes from a variety of sources, listed below. Each product contains a large volume of white blood cells, including peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), making them ideal for further isolation of various immune cell types and for biomarker discovery, immunology, cell therapy research, and more.

Products Include:

• Buffy Coats – concentrated collections of leukocytes. Our buffy coats have a volume of approximately 35-45mL.
• Leukocyte Reduction System Chambers/Trima Cones – Mononuclear cells remaining in the leukoreduction system chambers of Trima instruments after routine platelet collection (by-product of platelet apheresis collection)

Whole blood collected with EDTA/K2 anticoagulant or serum from a single donor, with volumes ranging from 4–6 mL.

We offer EDTA/K2 anticoagulant or serum samples from tested tubes. The volume is approximately 1-2mL per tube.

These are apheresis products with CD34 cells yielding bolumes of approximately 300mL to 600 mL. Target CD34 cell count can be obtained if requested.