If you’re interested in learning more about cord blood from doctors, scientists, and experts in the field, tomorrow is your day! It’s World Cord Blood Day, which is a yearly event dedicated to educating people around the world on all things cord blood. The Day was created after the realization for the need to educate people about this non-controversial source of stem cells and the valuable role cord blood can play in medicine.
Organizers are hosting a free World Cord Blood Day Virtual Conference as a way to allow healthcare professionals, parents and students an easy way to learn about how cord blood is being used today and possibly in the future.
Ready to learn more about the event? Let’s jump in.
About the Virtual Conference
The World Cord Blood Day Virtual Conference kicks off tomorrow, November 17th at 10:00am EST. As a registered attendee, you’ll be given access to the free online conference including a Facebook LIVESTREAM event, on-demand access to all presentations, and there are even interactive games and quizzes planned!
With one click, you’ll hear from speakers such as Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, who pioneered the use of umbilical cord blood as an alternative stem cell source for unrelated stem cell transplantation and is now leading the way with Duke University Medical Center in clinical trials using cord blood for autism and cerebral palsy. The expert speakers lined up are sure to deliver so much interesting and helpful information.
Here is some of the things you’ll learn about:
- What cord blood is
- How cord blood is helping families
- Why you should save cord blood
- Scientific advancements cord blood is making in clinical research trials
- And so much more!
Trust, us, you won’t want to miss out. Register now and reserve your spot for the World Cord Blood Day 2020 Virtual Conference!
Why is Cord Blood Education So Important?
Cord blood has been used as a source of stem cells in transplant medicine for over thirty years. It all started in 1988 when Dr. Eliane Gluckman performed the first successful sibling cord blood stem cell transplant, saving the life of a little boy with Fanconi Anemia. This opened the door to cord blood’s potential to help treat other conditions that use stem cells in treatment.
Today, cord blood can be used in the treatment of nearly 80 conditions and over 40,000 cord blood transplants have been performed world-wide. Cord blood use has also expanded beyond transplants into clinical trials for conditions like autism and cerebral palsy.
While it’s clear cord blood’s role in medicine has come a long way, many people, especially expecting parents who may benefit from cord blood, are unaware of what cord blood is, what it can do, and the option to save their baby’s cord blood after their baby is born. That’s why cord blood education and events like the World Cord Blood Day Virtual Conference are so important.
We hope to see you there! And be sure to follow hashtags #WorldCordBloodDay and #WCBD20 on Twitter and Facebook for updates.
Disclaimer: Banking cord blood does not guarantee that treatment will work, and only a doctor can determine when it can be used. PerkinElmer and ViaCord do not endorse or make recommendations with respect to research, medications or treatment. All information is provided for informational purposes only.
For more details and references, visit viacord.com/references.
