Europe’s leading family stem cell bank, Cryo-Save has announced that it had launched an educational programme on stem cell therapies to increase the awareness of stem cells therapy and regenerative medicine amongst healthcare professionals. The event on Regenerative Medicine, Tissue and Genetic Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia was coordinated by Cryo-Save Serbia earlier this October.

By being the leading company in Europe and one of the most active family stem cell banks in the world, Cryo-Save recognizes the responsibility to proactively contribute in building a proper know-how in adult stem cell applications and research.

For this reason, a network of experts has been put in place to set-up a series of educational activities, such as symposia and workshops, for the end of 2011 and the whole 2012. In different countries the program will give healthcare professionals the opportunity to meet, discuss and update each other on the latest scientific achievements and to remain informed on current clinical trials and on-going research projects.

An excellent example recently happened in Serbia, where the International Symposium on Clinical Applications of Stem Cell Therapies informed some 150 medical professionals. Cryo-Save is very proud to have participated and supported this symposium in Belgrade, Serbia earlier this October where several key researchers and scientists presented on topics regarding transplantation, cord blood, heart disease and many other modern clinical applications of stem cell therapies.

“Cryo-Save is very committed to creating a new culture on the issue of adult stem cells in order to increase, all over the world, a proper awareness on the value of existing treatments and promising applications. We are conscious of our leading role in this industry and, for this reason, we have started supporting an extensive program of educational activities, recently in Serbia and soon in the Netherlands and Bosnia Herzegovina, to offer professionals an up-to-date point of view in stem cell research, ” said Arnoud van Tulder, CEO of Cryo-Save Group.

Cryo-Save, the leading international family stem cell bank, already stores more than 185,000 samples from cord blood and umbilical cord tissue for newborns and adipose tissue for adults.