Slovenský register placentárnych krvotvorných buniek

Founded in 1997, Slovenský register placentárnych krvotvorných buniek is a non-profit association based in Bratislava, Slovakia working on health, medical research.

The Slovak Register of Placental Haematopoietic Cells (SRPKB) is a non-state medical facility and civic association founded in 1997 in Bratislava. It runs a voluntary, free public donor register for umbilical cord blood, which makes donated haematopoietic stem cell units available to transplant centres worldwide. It collects, tests, processes, freezes and stores cord blood, cord tissue and placenta, and distributes units under licence from the Slovak Ministry of Health. The organisation is funded by its own activities, grants, the 2% tax designation, private company sponsorship and sponsor donations. It is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association and NetCord, shares information with medical professionals, and maintains a sibling-donation programme that has run since 2001.