Dubai Cord Blood & Research Center

The Dubai Cord Blood & Research Centre (DCRC) will be the Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology, bridging Research, Educationand Industry through national and international Collaboration The Dubai Cord Blood & Research Centre (DCRC), the first of its kind in the region, is being set up under the direction of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, and the generous donation from His Highness General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai. The centre was officially opened on June 6th 2006.

We like to think of making the birth of your baby count twice; the new life of yournew baby and the new life the cord blood could bring to someone else's child.Think of it as an investment in your family's future. Provide a second chance for those patients who need a stem cell transplant and who cannot find a matched donor, by donating cord blood you give someone else a second chance at life.



The mission of the Dubai Cord Blood and Research Centre is to support patients in need of a stem cell transplant by banking umbilical cord blood from the nationals and residents of the UAE accompanied with continuing quality improvement in an environment that fosters cellular therapy and research.





To find medical and scientific remedies for thousands of patients nationwide suffering from life-threatening diseases using umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy.

The Dubai Cord Blood & Research Centre (DCRC) will be the Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology, bridging Research, Educationand Industry through national and international Collaboration The Dubai Cord Blood & Research Centre (DCRC), the first of its kind in the region, is being set up under the direction of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, and the generous donation from His Highness General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai. The centre was officially opened on June 6th 2006.