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With additional support from the * The 5th 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. Organizations with further questions about sponsorship of the 2008 Symposium should contact Eileen Selogie* at (310) 801-0914 or by email at editor@cordbloodforum.org. * Please note that we are located in the US Pacific Daylight Time Zone (GMT -7 hours) |
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The mission statement of the California Blood Bank Society, established in 1951, is "We help save lives of people who need blood". Physicians, scientists, administrators, clinical laboratory scientists, medical technologists, registered and licensed vocational nurses, donor resource personnel and product management specialists make up the CBBS individual membership, currently numbering over 500. Our institutional members represent hospital and community blood centers as well as transfusion and transplantation centers. Individual and institutional members come from across the United States, the majority being located in the West Coast area. The CBBS supports everyone involved in transfusion medicine by providing objective education, strengthening professional relationships, responding to regional issues and encouraging collaborative efforts.
The Cord Blood Forum is a non-commercial, non-political source of information and an opportunity for communication among transplant physicians, transplant coordinators, cord blood bankers, and patients. Cord blood transplantation is still a comparatively new approach to hematopoietic cell transplantation and there are many issues that deserve discussion and clarification. These issues can and should be advanced outside of the occasional medical meetings throughout the year. The ultimate goal is to benefit patients in need of a hematopoietic cell transplant. The primary mission of the Cord Blood Forum is to serve patients for whom a hematopoietic cell transplant is indicated by disseminating information about the availability and effectiveness of cord blood transplants for children and adults.
StemCyte, founded in 1997, is one of the world's leading suppliers of umbilical cord blood stem cell products for transplantation and therapy. StemCyte International Cord Blood Center and StemCyte Taiwan National Cord Blood Center are among the largest, most racially diverse and highest quality public banks of donated umbilical cord blood stem cells in the world operating out of Arcadia, California and Taiwan. StemCyte has supplied more than 475 cord blood units for transplant to over 100 leading worldwide transplant centers.
The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) facilitates unrelated marrow, PBSC and cord blood transplants. We also provide research, medical education and patient advocacy to extend and improve lives through innovations in transplantation. The NMDP's Center for Cord Blood provides broad access and high-level expertise in the field of cord blood transplantation, enabling transplant centers to quickly find and obtain cord blood units.