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EBMT, the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, is pleased to announce its 35th Annual Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 29th March to 1st April. This meeting is a forum to promote all activity aimed at improving stem cell transplantation (SCT) and cellular therapy. The meeting fosters exchange of the latest scientific findings between researchers, physicians, nurses, and data managers, as well as provides a forum for families, patients and others to meet, network, and exchange their experiences related to SCT and cellular therapy.

The congress has been carefully prepared to offer a scientifically stimulating and highly informative meeting. The Scientific Programme encompasses symposia, educational sessions and workshops covering issues related to the specific problems of stem cell transplantation in clinical practice, indications for transplantation, as well as basic and translational science relevant to the field. The sessions will be led by experts in the field of blood and marrow transplantation.

This year, the two plenary sessions focus on the cutting edge topics of the use of stem cells in the field of Regenerative Medicine - presented in three exciting talks on how stem cells can be used for organ repair - and on Immune Regeneration and Infection, which will address one of the historical limitations of stem cell transplantation and how knowledge about the regeneration of the immune system can help combat the threat of infection…