Six Abstracts Chosen as Best
of BMT Tandem Meetings

A total 509 abstracts from 31 countries were accepted for the 2008 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:

• Hisham Abdel-Azim, MD, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles – Targeted in vivo Expansion of Human Multipotent and Lymphoid Progenitors
  
  
• Yishay Ofran, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston – Identification of Human Minor Histocompatibilty Antigens by Combining Bioinformatic Prediction of Peptide Epitopes with Validation of T Cell Reactivity in Patient Blood Samples after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  
  
• Pablo Ramirez, MD, Washington University, St. Louis – Mobilization of Normal Mouse Progenitors and Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Cells with Inhibitors of CXCR4 and VLA-4 in Splenectomized and Unsplenectomized Mice

Each received a $1,000 prize. 

Clinical Research

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

• Herrad Baurmann, MD, Deutsche Klinik fuer Diagnostik, Wiesbaden, Germany – Risk Factors for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia
  
  
• Gregory A. Hale, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis – Long-Term Follow-Up of Administration of Donor-Derived EBV-Specific CTLs to Prevent and Treat EBV Lymphoma after Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
  
  
• Nabil Kabbara, MD, Eurocord, Paris, France – A Multicentric Comparative Analysis of Outcomes of HLA Identical Related Cord Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia or Sickle Cell Disease

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