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Cell collection centre

Our cell collection centre, based in Nottingham, speeds up the sourcing and supply of raw starting materials, setting you up for success from bench to bedside.

The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre

Our new cell collection centre, which opened in 2025, is dedicated to providing apheresis services and ensuring the wellbeing of our donors.

The facility helps lifesaving stem cells quickly reach patients, alleviate supply chain bottle necks, and enables donations for cell and gene therapy research. With greater availability of vital stem cells and apheresis services, we can drive forward the future of medical research and treatment.

The centre, located within Queen’s Medical Centre, is run in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

At a glance:

  • Open five days a week, Sunday to Thursday
  • Live online booking system for slot management
  • Secure slots to suit your needs at a competitive price
  • Collect unrelated donor, haploidentical and/or autologous material.

Anthony Nolan’s donors have already helped progress the development of treatments for blood diseases and other conditions. The new centre complements our existing facilities in Nottingham, including the cell therapy centre at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton campus, which houses our umbilical cord blood bank as well as our processing and cryopreservation facilities.

Partner with Anthony Nolan’s Cell Therapy and Laboratory Services to support process development and validation, clinical trials, or commercialisation.

However complex or unique your request, contact us and our team of experts will ensure we deliver the right materials to help you advance your therapeutic pipeline.

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