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Gothenburg, Sweden,
28 March 2009 Bone marrow or stem cell transplantation (BMT) is often the only curative treatment for malignant diseases such as leukaemia, and the results are proving more and more successful. However the transplantation procedure itself is not problem free. One of the sessions today entitled "What my family and I wish we had known beforehand" dealt with the problem of presenting complex, and often sensitive, information to the patient. ... Click here to download full press release Gothenburg,
Sweden, 30 March 2009 The human face of transplantation was brought to light from the contribution of patients whose lives had been saved as a result of a successful BMT. Discussions focused on the increasing use of cord blood cells and regenerative medicine, and how medical progress in this field has led to more successful transplantations and increased quality of life for patients... Click here to download full press release
Gothenburg,
Sweden, 1 April 2009 Globally, 33 million people are living with HIV and the condition causes 2 million deaths each year. Although HIV-infected people are living longer than ever before because of modern drug therapy, these drugs are costly and limited by side effects and the development of resistance in HIV. Crucially, drug therapy suppresses the infection but does not offer a cure... Click here to download full press release Gothenburg,
Sweden, 1 April 2009 With extensive experience in the field of Bone Marrow Transplantation and of the use of high levels of radiation for treating patients, the EBMT has shown great commitment in their work to prepare Europe for this type of threat. EBMT has funded research, organised extensive training programmes to build a prepared medical taskforce, and strived to harmonize guidelines at a European level to ensure a unified response in the case of such an incident occurring. The EBMT Board established the NAC in response to the 9/11 disaster to oversee this important work...
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