Cord Blood Program
Expectant families in the Puget Sound area have an opportunity to potentially save the lives of patients worldwide, thanks to the Cord Blood Program at the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle. Assisted by local nurses and doctors, the Cord Blood Program collects, processes, stores and distributes blood collected from the umbilical cord for patients needing a stem cell transplant.

Northwest Tissue Services
The Northwest Tissue Services is the nonprofit, community-sponsored tissue bank established to provide high-quality human tissue for transplant to patients in the Northwest. The program depends on contributions made by generous people who have consented to donation after the death of a family member. Bone, tendons, skin grafts and heart valves can significantly improve the quality of life for transplant recipients by preventing amputation, restoring mobility, relieving pain and sometimes saving lives.

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Progam
The Northwest Tissue Services and the Patient Services Department of Puget Sound Blood Center have implemented a program to collect, process, cryopreserve, store, and reinfuse peripheral blood stem cells to cancer patients treated with high dose chemotherapy and/or radiation. With the advent of methods to mobilize stem cells in the peripheral blood, stem cell transplantation has become a prominent mode of therapy.