PROGRAM


May 5th, 2007 [download]

Innovative Biological Approaches in CBT
9.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
Chairmen
Hal E. Broxmeyer and Wanda Piacibello

Ex vivo cord blood expansion:
Use of copper chelator Elisabeth J. Shpall
Use of valproic acid Lidia De Felice
Human UCB Cells for Tissue Regeneration Arnon Nagler
CIK expansion for Leukemia Relapse after CBT Alessandro Rambaldi

Coffee Break
10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.

Innovative Clinical Approaches in CBT
11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Chairmen
Daniel Weisdorf and Renato Fanin

Direct Intra-bone Cell Injection in CBT Francesco Frassoni
Reduced Intensity Conditioning in CBT Federico Garnier
Double CBT John E. Wagner

Lunch
12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.

Unrelated vs Haploidentical Transplant
2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Chairmen
Jane Apperley and Giuseppe Bandini

MUD Transplant in Europe Andrea Bacigalupo
MUD Transplant in USA Daniel Weisdorf
T-cell depleted Haploidentical Transplant Franco Aversa
Non T-cell depleted Haploidentical Transplant Xia-Jun Huang

Coffee Break
4.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Algorithm for Choosing
an Alternative Stem Cell Donor
4.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Chairmen
Massimo Martelli and William Arcese

CB vs MUD vs HAPLO: a comparative analysis Vanderson Rocha
IBMTR Algorithm Mary M. Horowitz
EuroCord Algorithm Eliane Gluckman