Do cells remain viable during longterm low temperature storage?
A major milestone in stem cell therapy was reached in December 2014 when a European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee recommended the conditional approval of Holoclar, the first stem-cell product to be recommended for approval in the EU.
Holocloar, developed by Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. and Holostem Terapie Avanzate, is an advanced-therapy medicinal product (ATMP) granted orphan designation for...
Association of cryobanks of umbilical cord blood, other human tissues and cells is the only one of its kind international professional association of licensed enterprises, cryobanks, scientific and educational centers, and clinics operating in the field of biotechnology.
The Ukrainian Journal «Cell and Organ Transplantology» was accepted in international scientometric bases Index Copernicus International, ISI and Citefactor.
In the Institute of Surgery and Transplantology n.a. AA Shalimov a scientific and practical conference with international participation «Transplantation — Present, Past and Future», dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Coordinating Center for Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine took place, devoted to the most urgent problems of the development of transplantology.
Since 2013, in Ukraine the Institute of Cell Therapy founded and publishes with the support of the Association of Cryobanks a scientific and practical journal «Cell and Organ Transplantology.»
Dr. Susana Gomez heads a public cord blood bank Biobank created at the Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre (Nottingham, UK).