TABLE 1.
Cord Blood Banking Options in the Arab World (Matsumoto et al., 2015).
| Bank | Type | Storage Location | Collection Office Location(s) |
| BabyCord | Private | United States (Boston) | Jordan (Amman) |
| Biovault Family | Private | United Kingdom (Plymouth) | Lebanon, UAE |
| CellSafe | Private | Egypt (Cairo) | Egypt |
| Cells4Life | Private | United Kingdom (Burgess Hill, Essex) | Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE |
| Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine | Public | Egypt (Assiut) | Egypt |
| Cryo-Save | Private | Priv UAE (Dubai), Belgium (Niel) | Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE |
| DCRC | Hybrid | UAE (Dubai) | UAE |
| Future Health Biobank | Public | United Kingdom (Nottingham), Switzerland (Châtel-St-Denis) | Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE |
| KAIMRC | Public | Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) | Saudi Arabia |
| KFSH-RC | Public | Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) | Saudi Arabia |
| KHCC | Public | Jordan (Amman) | Jordan |
| Precious Cells | Private | United Kingdom (Middlesex) | Jordan, Lebanon, UAE |
| Smart Cells | Private | United Kingdom (West Drayton) | Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, UAE |
| Sultan Qaboos Univ. Hospital | Oman (Muscat) | Public | Oman |
| Virgin Health Bank | Private, Hybrid | Qatar (Doha) | Qatar |