TOP STORY Study Weighs Benefits of Transplants for Leukemia Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant. [Press release from Reuters discussing the online prepublication in Lancet Oncology]
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POLICY NEWS 2009 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey Deadline Extended to March 1, 2010! The deadline for the submission of the National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey has been extended to March 1, 2010 in order to ensure that comprehensive data are included for hospitals and blood centers. [Department of Health and Human Services, United States] Forum Explores Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Legislators and medical professionals are exploring the possibility of banking umbilical cord blood as a way to potentially save people whose lives are threatened by cancers and other diseases. [Connecticut Public Health Committee, United States] 2009 Meeting Materials, Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – December 15, 2009 Meeting Transcript: Posted [Food and Drug Administration, United States] Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration; Notice of Meeting [Food and Drug Administration, United States] Clarification on the Extended Error Correction Window and Format of the Research Strategy Section for Restructured Applications Intended for Due Dates on or After January 25, 2010 (NOT-OD-10-050) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Clarification of SF424 (R&R) Application Instructions for Resubmissions of Revision and Renewal Applications (NOT-OD-10-052) [National Institutes of Health, United States] UPDATE TO RFA-OD-10-001: ARRAOS Recovery Act Limited Competition: Behavioral Economics for Nudging the Implementation of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Clinical Trials (RC4) – Announcement of Additional Funds Availability and Increased Allowable Total Costs (NOT-OD-10-053) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for NHLBI Research Centers at Minority-Serving Institutions (P30) (NOT-HL-11-150) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) (RFA-RM-10-001) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Scientific Meetings for Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams (R13) (PA-10-106) [National Institutes of Health, United States] PHS 2010-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, FDA and ACF for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications [Parent SBIR (R43/R44)] [Small Business Innovation Research, United States] PHS 2010-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications [Parent STTR (R41/R42)] [Small Business Technology Transfer, United States]
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EVENTS 2010 Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Tandem Meetings February 24-28, 2010 Orlando, United States American Association of Blood Bank’s (AABB) Cord Blood Licensure Workshop March 8-10, 2010 Rockville, United States 36th Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) March 21-24, 2010 Vienna, Austria 12th Biennial Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group (CBMTG) Conference April 7-10, 2010 Vancouver, Canada American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 101st Annual Meeting 2010 April 17-21, 2010 Washington, DC, United States 16th Annual International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) Meeting May 23-26, 2010 Philadelphia, United States 8th Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium June 3-5, 2010 San Francisco, United States Select Bioscience’s World Biobanking Summit August 24-25, 2010 Edinburgh, Scotland Society for Hematology and Stem Cells (ISEH) 2010 Meeting September 15-18, 2010 Melbourne Australia 36th Annual American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI) Meeting September 26-30, 2010 Hollywood, United States
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