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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;9, 2005
  
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______</DIV>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>__________________________</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  <BR>
  UNDER
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>__________________________</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ViaCell, Inc.</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
  (State or other jurisdiction<BR>
  of incorporation or organization)
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-3244816</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>245 First Street<BR>
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142<BR>
  617-914-3400</B><BR>
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Options Issued to Former Employees of<BR>
  Cerebrotec, Inc. and its Subsidiaries in<BR>
  Connection with the Acquisition of Cerebrotec, Inc.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plans)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Marc D. Beer<BR>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  ViaCell, Inc.<BR>
  245 First Street<BR>
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142<BR>
  617-914-3400</B><BR>
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Please send copies of all communications to:<BR>
  Marc A. Rubenstein, Esq.<BR>
  Paul Laurino, Esq.<BR>
  Ropes &#038; Gray LLP<BR>
  One International Place<BR>
  Boston, MA 02110<BR>
  617-951-7000
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  
  
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  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left"><I>Title of Each Class of</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><I>Amount to be</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><I>Proposed Maximum</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><I>Proposed Maximum</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><I>Amount of</I></TD>
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  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left"><I>Securities to be Registered</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><I>Registered</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><I>Offering Price Per Share</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><I>Aggregate Offering Price</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><I>Registration Fee</I></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">7,200,000 shares<I>(1)</I></TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$0.30-$10.01<I>(2)</I>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$36,350,246<I>(2)</I>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">4,278</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">par value per share
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">80,451 shares<I>(1)</I></TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$0.95<I>(3)</I>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$76,428<I>(3)</I>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">$9</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">par value per share
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Total
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">7,280,451 shares
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&#95;&#95;&#95;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$36,426,674
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"></TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">$4,287</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
  covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution from stock
  splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.</TD>
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      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The offering price for shares subject to options outstanding on the date hereof is the actual
  exercise price of such options. Of the 7,200,000 shares to be registered hereunder,
  1,471,000, 48,825, 621,467, 791,438, 70,675 and 1,361,160 are subject to options at exercise
  prices of $0.30, $0.75, $0.95, $2.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per share, respectively. The offering
  price of $9.39 per share for the remaining 2,835,435 shares not subject to options on the
  date hereof has been estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) on the basis of the average high and low prices of the
  Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 8, 2005.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The offering price for shares subject to options held by former employees of Cerebrotec,
  Inc. and its subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof is the actual exercise price of such
  options, at $0.95 per share.</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  
  
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#000">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b53474viexv5w1.txt">EX-5.1 Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b53474viexv23w1.txt">EX-23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b53474viexv23w2.txt">EX-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ViaCell, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) incorporates by reference the following documents previously
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The Prospectus filed by the Registrant on January&nbsp;21, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), relating to the
  Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-114209), which contains audited
  financial statements of the Registrant for the latest period for which such statements have
  been filed;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;31, 2005; and
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;The description of the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, contained in the
  Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;7,
  2005 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
  Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference from the
  date of filing of such documents.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;145 of the
  Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is
  a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
  proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in
  the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer,
  employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the corporation&#146;s request as a
  director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
  other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or
  proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
  in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
  action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The
  power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but
  only to the extent of expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees but excluding judgments, fines and
  amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
  defense or settlement of the action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
  person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
  except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
  such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
  that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such indemnity is proper.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VIII of the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides
  that the Registrant shall, to the extent legally permitted, indemnify each person who was or is a
  party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
  proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer
  of the Registrant, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Registrant&#146;s request, as a
  director, officer, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation,
  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprises. The indemnification provided for in Article
  VIII is expressly not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be
  entitled under any law, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
  and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall have
  the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers, directors, employees and
  agents, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such persons in any such capacity.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained insurance covering its directors and officers against losses and
  insuring itself against certain obligations to indemnify its directors and officers.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a
  corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
  stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
  provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the
  director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not
  in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under
  Section&nbsp;174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction
  from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or
  limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such
  provision becomes effective.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VII of the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides
  that, except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or
  limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the company
  shall be personally liable to the company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach
  of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability.
  
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
  10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No.&nbsp;333-114209, and
  incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ViaCell, Inc.
  (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended,
  No.&nbsp;333-114209, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated By-laws of ViaCell, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
  to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No.&nbsp;333-114209, and incorporated
  herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
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  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Opinion of Ropes &#038; Gray LLP.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of Ropes &#038; Gray LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post
  effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:15%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:15%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
  Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission
  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
  price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
  offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
  the effective registration statement;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:15%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above shall not apply if
  the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
  Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
  that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
  each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
  thereof.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
  to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  
  
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 9th
  day of February, 2005.
  
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">VIACELL, INC.</FONT><BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
  Marc D. Beer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">Marc D. Beer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">Chief Executive Officer, Director&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marc D. Beer and Stephen G.
  Dance, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full
  power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
  in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
  this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by ViaCell, Inc., and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to be done in
  and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
  person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">* * * *
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
  
  <DIV align="center">
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  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Marc D. Beer<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Marc D. Beer</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen G. Dance<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Stephen G. Dance</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Vaughn M. Kailian<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Vaughn M. Kailian</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director<BR>
  
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Ansbert Gadicke, M.D.</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Paul Hastings<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Paul Hastings</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Denise Pollard-Knight<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Denise Pollard-Knight</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James Tullis<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">James Tullis</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jan van Heek<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Jan van Heek</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">February&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
  
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
  10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No.&nbsp;333-114209, and
  incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ViaCell, Inc.
  (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended,
  No.&nbsp;333-114209, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated By-laws of ViaCell, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
  to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No.&nbsp;333-114209, and incorporated
  herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Opinion of Ropes &#038; Gray LLP.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">23.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of Ropes &#038; Gray LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%" nowrap align="left">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2005
  Registration No. 333-_______
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  __________________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  __________________________
  ViaCell, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation or organization)
  04-3244816
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  245 First Street
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
  617-914-3400
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  Options Issued to Former Employees of
  Cerebrotec, Inc. and its Subsidiaries in
  Connection with the Acquisition of Cerebrotec, Inc.
  Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plans)
  Marc D. Beer
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  ViaCell, Inc.
  245 First Street
  Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
  617-914-3400
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Please send copies of all communications to:
  Marc A. Rubenstein, Esq.
  Paul Laurino, Esq.
  Ropes & Gray LLP
  One International Place
  Boston, MA 02110
  617-951-7000
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Each Class of
  Amount to be
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  Securities to be Registered
  Registered
  Offering Price Per Share
  Aggregate Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  7,200,000 shares
  (1)
  $0.30-$10.01
  (2)
  $36,350,246
  (2)
  $
  4,278
  par value per share
  Common Stock, $0.01
  80,451 shares
  (1)
  $0.95
  (3)
  $76,428
  (3)
  $9
  par value per share
  Total
  7,280,451 shares
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  $36,426,674
  $4,287
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
  covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution from stock
  splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
  (2)
  The offering price for shares subject to options outstanding on the date hereof is the actual
  exercise price of such options. Of the 7,200,000 shares to be registered hereunder,
  1,471,000, 48,825, 621,467, 791,438, 70,675 and 1,361,160 are subject to options at exercise
  prices of $0.30, $0.75, $0.95, $2.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per share, respectively. The offering
  price of $9.39 per share for the remaining 2,835,435 shares not subject to options on the
  date hereof has been estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) on the basis of the average high and low prices of the
  Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 8, 2005.
  (3)
  The offering price for shares subject to options held by former employees of Cerebrotec,
  Inc. and its subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof is the actual exercise price of such
  options, at $0.95 per share.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP
  EX-23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  EX-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH
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  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  ViaCell, Inc. (the "Registrant") incorporates by reference the following documents previously
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
  (a) The Prospectus filed by the Registrant on January 21, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to the
  Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-114209), which contains audited
  financial statements of the Registrant for the latest period for which such statements have
  been filed;
  (b) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 31, 2005; and
  (c) The description of the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, contained in the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on January 7,
  2005 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  "Exchange Act").
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
  Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference from the
  date of filing of such documents.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the
  Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is
  a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
  proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in
  the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer,
  employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the corporation's request as a
  director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
  other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or
  proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
  in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
  action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The
  power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but
  only to the extent of expenses, including attorneys' fees but excluding judgments, fines and
  amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
  defense or settlement of the action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
  person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
  except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
  such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
  that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such indemnity is proper.
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  Article VIII of the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides
  that the Registrant shall, to the extent legally permitted, indemnify each person who was or is a
  party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
  proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer
  of the Registrant, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Registrant's request, as a
  director, officer, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation,
  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprises. The indemnification provided for in Article
  VIII is expressly not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be
  entitled under any law, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
  and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.
  Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall have
  the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers, directors, employees and
  agents, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such persons in any such capacity.
  The Registrant has obtained insurance covering its directors and officers against losses and
  insuring itself against certain obligations to indemnify its directors and officers.
  Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a
  corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
  stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
  provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
  director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
  in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
  Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction
  from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or
  limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such
  provision becomes effective.
  Article VII of the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides
  that, except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or
  limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the company
  shall be personally liable to the company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach
  of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  4.1
  Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
  10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No. 333-114209, and
  incorporated herein by reference).
  4.2
  Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ViaCell, Inc.
  (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended,
  No. 333-114209, and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.3
  Amended and Restated By-laws of ViaCell, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2
  to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No. 333-114209, and incorporated
  herein by reference).
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  5.1
  Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH.
  23.3
  Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post
  effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
  Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission
  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
  price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
  the effective registration statement;
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  provided, however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above shall not apply if
  the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
  Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
  that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
  each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering
  thereof.
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  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
  to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 9th
  day of February, 2005.
  VIACELL, INC.
  By:
  /s/
  Marc D. Beer
  Name:
  Marc D. Beer
  Title:
  Chief Executive Officer, Director
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marc D. Beer and Stephen G.
  Dance, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full
  power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
  in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
  this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by ViaCell, Inc., and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to be done in
  and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
  person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  * * * *
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Marc D. Beer
  Marc D. Beer
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  February 9, 2005
  /s/ Stephen G. Dance
  Stephen G. Dance
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  February 9, 2005
  /s/ Vaughn M. Kailian
  Vaughn M. Kailian
  Director
  February 9, 2005
  /s/ George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
  George Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
  Director
  February 9, 2005
  Ansbert Gadicke, M.D.
  Director
  /s/ Paul Hastings
  Paul Hastings
  Director
  February 9, 2005
  /s/ Denise Pollard-Knight
  Denise Pollard-Knight
  Director
  February 9, 2005
  /s/ James Tullis
  James Tullis
  Director
  February 9, 2005
  /s/ Jan van Heek
  Jan van Heek
  Director
  February 9, 2005
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  4.1
  Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
  10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No. 333-114209, and
  incorporated herein by reference).
  4.2
  Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ViaCell, Inc.
  (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended,
  No. 333-114209, and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.3
  Amended and Restated By-laws of ViaCell, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2
  to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, No. 333-114209, and incorporated
  herein by reference).
  5.1
  Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH.
  23.3
  Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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