parallel sessions - International Society for Blood Transfusion

Thursday, 7 SeptemberISBT2006Thursday, 7 SeptemberPARALLEL SESSIONSPARALLEL SESSIONS08.30 - 10.00 Ballroom West08.30 - 10.00 Ballroom EastS33: Haemopoietic Stem CellsS34: Pathogen Reduction/InactivationChairs: N. Novitzky, J. McCulloughChairs: A.R. Bird, R. Benjamin08.30 - 09.005PS-33-01 QA OF UCSC COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND STORAGEJ. McCullough (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America)08.30 - 08.455PS-34-01 RED BLOOD CELL PATHOGEN REDUCTION:IN SEARCH OF SEROLOGICAL AGNOSTICISM6209.00 - 09.155PS-33-02 ISOLATION AND EXVIVO EXPANSION OF HUMAN UMBILICALCORD BLOOD–DERIVED CD34+ STEM CELLS AND THEIR COTRANS-PLANTATION WITH OR WITHOUT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLSB. Delalat, A. Pourfathollah, H. Mozdarani, M. Soleimani, A. Movassaghpour, S. Kaviani(Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran)R.J. Benjamin (American Red Cross Blood Services, Dedham, United States of America)08.45 - 09.005PS-34-02 INACTIVATION OF PATHOGENS IN RED BLOOD CELLS BY AMODIFIED TREATMENT PROCESS UTILIZING S-303 AND GLUTATHIONEL. Corash, L. Sawyer, R. Mababangloob, N. Patel, J. Kinsey, A. Sampson-Johannes,D. Hanson (Cerus Corporation, Concord, United States of America)6309.15 - 09.305PS-33-03 FRENCH CORD BLOOD REGISTRY: A 6 YEAR EXPERIENCE09.00 - 09.205PS-34-03 PLASMA/PLATELET PATHOGEN INACTIVATIONI. Desbois, V. Lapierre, B. Dazy, M. Benbunan, E. Marry, C. Gerdil, C. Raffoux, P. HerveT. Hervig (Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway)(Etablissement Français du Sang, La Plaine Saint Denis, France)09.30 - 09.455PS-33-04 LONG-TERM STORAGE OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD PROGENITORCELLS (PBPC) AT -80°C RESULTS IN A PRONOUNCED DECREASE OFMEMBRANE INTEGRITY AND CLONOGENIC POTENTIAL COMPAREDTO STORAGE AT