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The highlight of this site is the extensive, frequently-updated annotated bibliography on over 20 major subject areas, with multiple sub-categories. For a complete list of categories, click HERE or on Annotated Bibliography flyout message in the main menu on the left. For new items, click on the links in blue below.

“The Top Ten”

Two articles have been added to previous citations that indicate that GVHD, especially extensive chronic GVHD, is significantly more frequent after PBSC than after UCBT (or BMT). See Category 0, The Top Ten, section VIII, Graft-versus-Host disease. (Top Ten, VIII – citations #13 and 14)
Also note that there is a new article in Category IV of the Top Ten - Reduced Intensity and Non-Myeloablative Transplants. (Top Ten, IV- Reduced Intensity Transplants, citation #1)

Annotations of selected abstracts presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Blood and Marrow Group (EBMT) which was held in Florence, Italy, March 30-April 2, 2008 are listed in the following categories (See Category XI, Recent Cord Blood Transplantation Conferences):

1. The abstract that was given the Van Bekkum Award.

2. Outcomes of CBT in adult patients with hematologic malignancies (2 abstracts).

3. Abstracts indicating that GVHD after UCBT is mild and is readily responsive to treatment (2 abstracts). Also see Section 0. The Top Ten Articles on the Cord Blood Forum, VIII Graft-Versus-Host Disease Citation #1.

4. Double cord blood transplants (3 abstracts)

5. Comparisons of outcomes following UCBT and BMT (2 abstracts).

6. Reduced-intensity (RI) UCBT, including RI double cord transplants (2 abstracts).

7. Intra bone marrow injection of UCB blood (2 abstracts).

8. UCBT for thalassemia, for children with malignant and non-malignant indications, and for graft failure (3 abstracts).

Recent New Categories and New Citations

• March 17, 2008

• March 4, 2008

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Early registration, scientific program, list of faculty, hotel reservations, social program and exhibits for the 6th Annual Internation Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium to be held in Los Angeles June 6-7, 2008 are now available! Don't be left out and make your plans NOW to attend! The deadline for discounted early registration is May 14, 2008!

NEW THIS YEAR! Social program for spouses, family and friends. Bring them to the Symposium to enjoy two outstanding attractions in Southern California. Click HERE for tour descriptions and information on reservations.

Also available now is information on the FACT Cord Blood Bank Inspection & Accreditation Workshop, which will be held on Sunday June 8, 2008, the day following the Symposium


The 5th Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium held in Los Angeles, California at the Marriott at LAX was a tremendous success! Thank you to all who participated.

We are sorry, but due to overwhelming demand, the CD containing the audio and the slides used by the lecturers at last year's Symposium is no longer available.

The Summary and Abstracts of the 5th Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium have been published: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2007;13(11):1380-92. Reprints are still available. To receive a reprint, send your postal mailing address to: symposiumreprint@cordbloodforum.org.



Please click HERE for more information on past symposia.

News Releases

• USC And Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Discover A Way To Enhance The Growth Of Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Blood After Transplantation (Medical News Today, 24 Mar 2008)

• European Group For Blood And Marrow Transplantation Annual Congress (Medical News Today, 07 Mar 2008)

• Lifetime Probability of Needing a Stem Cell Transplant is Much Higher Than Previously Reported, Data Shows (Business Wire,
04 Mar 2008)

• Australian girl switches blood type after liver transplant in first known case (Yahoo News, 24 Jan. 2008)

• New hope may lie in lab-created heart: beating rat heart created in university lab (CNN, 14 Jan 2008)

• Desperate Americans seek unproven cell treatments in China (Associated Press, 05 Jan 2008)

• Presented at ASH: Adults With Sickle Cell Disease Have Significant Cognitive Impairment (Doctor's Guide, 11 Dec 2007)

• Research shows cord blood comparable to matched bone marrow (Cancer Focus, 11 June 2007)

• Stem Cell Research Dominates 2007 Medical Field (Voice of America, 19 Dec 2007)

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