Biocell Center

Biocell Center is an international company specializing in the cryopreservation and private banking of amniotic fluid stem cells.{{cite web|title=World's First Amniotic Stem Cell Bank Opens In Medford|first1=Curt|last1=Nickisch|publisher=WBUR News|url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2009/10/22/stem-cell-bank|date=22 October 2009|access-date=10 June 2018}} The company is headquartered in Italy with several international locations and is involved with numerous partnerships and research studies of amniotic fluid stem cells.[http://www.thelancet.com/search/results?searchTerm=simoni&fieldName=Authors&year=1983&volume=&page=&journalFromWhichSearchStarted=&sort=date&order=desc&collectionName=Medline (Lancet, 1983)]{{cite web |url=https://www.tomalab.com/repository/cellulestaminali.doc |title=Tomalab |website=www.tomalab.com |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311120724/https://www.tomalab.com/repository/cellulestaminali.doc |archive-date=11 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}

In 2008, Biocell Center opened the first amniotic fluid stem cell bank in the world, and in 2009 it opened the first amniotic fluid stem cell bank in the United States for private storage of stem cells obtained during genetic amniocentesis.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134405/http://www.stem-cells-news.com/1/2009/05/italy-stem-cells-from-amniotic-liquid-new-hopes/ ITALY - Stem cells from amniotic liquid, new hopes] Published by Stem Man 5 May 2009, Latest Stem Cells News”

Biocell Center’s Italian headquarters in Busto Arsizio and Milan (Italy),{{youTube|HFl6AMwRVes|Biocell Center - Intro}} are managed by company president Marco Reguzzoni and scientific director Giuseppe Simoni, and additional subsidiaries are located in Lugano (Switzerland), and Natick, Massachusetts (USA) - Boston area.{{cite web |url=http://www.freshnews.com/news/230464/european-biotech-company-biocell-center-opens-first-us-facility-preservation-amniotic-st |title=European Biotech Company Biocell Center Opens First U.S. Facility for Preservation of Amniotic Stem Cells in Medford, Massachusetts | FreshNews.com |accessdate=2009-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221142752/http://www.freshnews.com/news/230464/european-biotech-company-biocell-center-opens-first-us-facility-preservation-amniotic-st |archivedate=2010-02-21 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.luminogenics.com/blog/2009/10/22/massachusetts-life-sciences-center |title=European Biotech Company Biocell Center Opens First U.S. Facility for Preservation of Amniotic Stem Cells in Medford | www.luminogenics.com |accessdate=2009-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221063253/http://www.luminogenics.com/blog/2009/10/22/massachusetts-life-sciences-center |archivedate=2010-02-21 }}

Biocell Center is currently collaborating with Harvard University and the Caritas Christi Health Care hospital network on amniotic stem cell research.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}