TABLE 5.
Number of hESC and hiPSC lines registered in some Stem Cell Banks and Registries (as of December, 2021)
| Bank/ Registries | Name | Country | Website | Number of hPSC lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | BLCB | Spain | https://www.isciii.es/ | 212 |
| R | hPSCreg | EU (Germany) | https://hpscreg.eu/total/validated | 7400/3771 |
| B/R | HipSci | United Kingdom | http://www.hipsci.org/ | 840 |
| B | EBiSC | Germany | https://ebisc.org/ | 896 |
| B/R | CIRM/FufiFilm | United States | https://fujifilmcdi.com/the‐cirm‐ipsc‐bank/ | 1554 |
| B | WiCell Research Institute | United States | https://www.wicell.org/ | 1541 |
| B/R | eagle‐i | United States | https://www.eagle‐i.net/ | 2415 |
| B/R | RIKEN BRC | Japan | https://www.brc.riken.jp/en/ | 6178 |
| R | SKIP | Japan | https://skip.stemcellinformatics.org/ | 5909 |
| B | Taiwan Human Disease iPSC Service Consortium | Taiwan | https://catalog.bcrc.firdi.org.tw/ | 109 |
| B | National Stem Cell Bank of Korea | Korea | http://kscr.nih.go.kr/ | 154 |
| R | Cellosaurus | Switzerland | https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/ | 5803 |
Note: The numbers refer to hPSC lines only, although some banks listed in the table also harbour non‐hPSC lines; WiCell: Neural stem cells, embryonic carcinoma stem cell lines; RIKEN: Animal iPSC and ESC lines, germline stem cell lines, cord blood stem cells and others; SKIP: Somatic stem cells, cancer stem cell, others; Cellosaurus: All cell lines.