Banking and making blood, bone marrow, and cord cells for cancer cell therapies
Hematopoietic Biorepository and Cellular Therapy
This program collects and stores blood, bone marrow, and umbilical cord cells and makes clinical‑grade cell therapy products to help people with cancer.
Quick facts
| Grant type | P30 center grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Case Western Reserve University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Cleveland, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11373648 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
They collect and store blood, bone marrow, and umbilical cord samples and link them with clinical information so researchers can use them. A clinical cellular therapy facility processes and manufactures clinical‑grade cell products following strict manufacturing rules (GMP) for use in trials or care. The team performs processing, quality testing, storage, and distribution of cells to investigators and clinicians. This support helps promising lab discoveries move into early human trials and safer patient treatments.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates include people with blood or bone marrow cancers who may be eligible for cellular therapy trials, and donors able to provide blood, bone marrow, or umbilical cord blood samples.
Not a fit: People with conditions unrelated to blood or bone marrow disease, or those not eligible for cellular therapy trials, are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this resource.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Could make safe, standardized cell therapies more available and speed new treatment trials for people with blood or bone marrow cancers.
How similar studies have performed: Cellular therapies such as CAR‑T have already helped patients with some blood cancers, and this resource has supported first‑in‑human cell therapy trials.
Where this research is happening
Cleveland, United States
- Case Western Reserve University — Cleveland, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Zhou, Bowen — Case Western Reserve University
- Study coordinator: Zhou, Bowen
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.