Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 11, Issue 11 , Pages 921-927, November 2005

Symposium Summary

  • John Wagner

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Richard Champlin

      Affiliations

    • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Lawrence D. Petz

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cyte International Cord Blood Center, Arcadia, California

The 31-member faculty for the Symposium included leaders of the major transplant centers in the United States, France, Japan, Spain, and Taiwan. Attendees included visitors from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, Mexico, Columbia, Cyprus, Switzerland, India, Sweden, Italy, Taiwan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Greece, Canada, Chile, Korea, and the United States.

The program was divided into 7 sessions: (I) umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) in adults—current results and future directions; (II) infectious disease complications and immune reconstitution after UCBT; (III) approaches to augment the efficacy of UCBT; (IV) collection, processing, banking, thawing, and administration of umbilical cord blood (UCB) units—quality issues; (V) transplantation in children/genetic disorders; (VI) multipotent stem cells and regenerative medicine; and (VII) accreditation issues and the report from the Institute of Medicine. The following comments emphasize significant aspects of selected presentations. Further details are provided in the abstracts that follow.

 

 The 3rd Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium was presented by the California Blood Bank Society and was partially supported by unrestricted educational grants from StemCyte, the National Marrow Donor Program and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA).The 3rd Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Transplantation Symposium was partially financially supported by a contract between the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department and Health and Human Services, and the California Blood Bank Society. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed or presented at this conference are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government.

PII: S1083-8791(05)00535-5

doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.08.028

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 11, Issue 11 , Pages 921-927, November 2005

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