BBTS Conference 2017

Stem Cells / Therapeutics Special Interest Group (3)


Day: Wednesday  |   Time: 15:00 - 16:30

Session Coordinators: 
Dann Hollyman


Speakers: 

Clinical Applications of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Dr John Girdlestone, NHS Blood and Transplant Oxford

1500_wed_boisdale2_girdlestone.pdf

Twenty years on from the isolation of human embryo stem cells: Fiction, Fact and Challenges remaining to realise the therapeutic potential of human pluripotent stem cell derivatives
Dr Paul de Sousa, University of Edinburgh

1500_wed_boisdale2_de_sousa.pdf

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilisation: Experience of Switching to Biosimilar G-CSF
Dr Rachel Peck, Great Western NHS Trust

1500_wed_boisdale2_rachel_peck.pdf


Intended Audience: 

  1. BMS, Clinical Scientists, BMT, Blood Bank and Blood service Quality Managers
  2. Haematologists & Post Doctoral Researchers
  3. Clinicians working in stem cell transplantation

Learning Objectives:

  1. Gain an overview of the current clinical use of MSC based therapies
  2. Gain and overview of the potential for ESC based therapies
  3. Obtain an insight into the current field of stem cell transplantation

Brief Description: TBC

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