The 4th Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium was held May 19-20, 2006 in Los Angeles. The goals of the symposium were:
- INCREASE AWARENESS AMONG TRANSPLANT PHYSICIANS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OF THE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION.
- ALLOW FOR EXCHANGE OF UP-TO-DATE BASIC AND CLINICAL DATA REGARDING CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION AMONG LEADERS IN THE FIELD.
The 34 member faculty for the Symposium included leaders of the major transplant centers from around the globe. Attendees were from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, France, the UK, Israel, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Malaysia, India, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Slovak Republic, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Greece, Netherlands, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and from across the USA.
A CD containing the audio and the slides used by the lecturers at the 4th Annual Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium is now available. Those who attended the Symposium will be receiving one in the postal mail within about a week. Those who did not attend the Symposium may obtain a CD by sending a request with your postal mailing address to: symposiumCD@cordbloodforum.org
A summary of the Symposium and Abstracts of the presentations will be published in an upcoming issue of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. An announcement will be made when reprints are available.
The 3rd Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium was held June 3 and 4, 2005 in Los Angeles. The goals of the symposium were:
A summary of the 3rd Annual Symposium and abstracts of the presentations have been published in the November 2005 issue of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2005;11:921-939). Reprints are now available. To receive a reprint please send your postal mailing address to: symposiumreprint@cordbloodforum.org.
The 2nd Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium was held May 14 and 15, 2004 in Los Angeles. The scientific sessions reviewed the use of cord blood units for transplantation of adults, supportive care in cord blood tranplantation; current strategies in unrelated cord blood donor selection, transplantation for childhood and genetic disorders; the immune status following cord blood transplantation; ex-vivo expansion; regenerative medicine; and contemporary issues in cord blood banking.
A summary of the meeting and abstracts of presentations have been published in the October issue of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2004;10:728-739. A reprint may be obtained by sending a request with mailing address to: symposiumreprint@cordbloodforum.org.