Six Abstracts Chosen as Best
of BMT Tandem Meetings

A record 510 abstracts from 35 countries were accepted for the 2006 BMT Tandem Meetings.  

Six of the abstracts were selected for awards by the abstract review committees.

Basic Science Research

Recipients of the ASBMT Best Abstract Awards for Basic Science Research were:

• Michael Albert, MD, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Munich, Germany – Antigen-Dependent Suppression of Graft-versus-Host Disease by Foxp3-Induced Regulatory T-Cells in Transplantation
  
  
• Lia Perez, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa – Microenvironment Confers Resistance to TRAIL-Mediated Apoptosis
  
  
• Seitaro Terakura, MD, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan – A Single Minor Histocompatibility Antigen AELLNIPLY Encoded by UGT2B17 Is Presented by HLA-A*2902, B*4402 and B*4403

Each received a $1,000 prize.  The basic research awards are supported by a grant from Nature Publishing Group.

Clinical Research

Recipients of the CIBMTR Best Abstract Awards for Clinical Research were:

• Catherine Bollard, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston – The Clinical Use of LMP2-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes for the Treatment of Relapsed EBV +ve Hodgkin Disease and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
  
  
• George McDonald, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle – Oral Beclomethasone Dipropionate for Gastrointestinal GvHD: a Corticosteroid-Sparing Treatment with Improved Survival at Day +200
  
  
• Olle Ringdén, MD, PhD, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm – Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treatment of Severe Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease

Each also received a $1,000 prize.  The clinical research awards are supported by a grant from Gambro BCT.