Report on the 5th World Congress on Tissue Banking (WCTB 08) in conjunction with the 12th International Conference of As
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MEETING REPORT
Report on the 5th World Congress on Tissue Banking (WCTB 08) in conjunction with the 12th International Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banks Suzina Sheikh Ab. Hamid Æ Norimah Yusof
Published online: 12 November 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
The 5th World Congress on Tissue Banking (WCTB 08) in conjunction with the 12th International Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banks was held from 2nd to 6th June 2008 at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with the theme What’s New in Tissue Banking. The congress was attended by 280 delegates from 27 countries around the globe including prominent surgeons, renowned scientists, tissue bankers, tissue and organ transplant coordinators, regulators, researchers and students. Two pre-congress workshops were successfully conducted by prominent facilitators on 2nd June 2008. The radiation sterilization of tissue grafts workshop highlighted the important role of radiation technology in sterilizing tissue allografts for safe clinical use. There is a general interest among tissue bankers to use low dose gamma irradiation in combination with effective cleaning technologies. The tissue donor co-ordination and procurement workshop emphasized and discussed the processes involved in tissue donation. The participants were
S. Sheikh Ab. Hamid (&) Tissue Bank, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected] N. Yusof Division of Agrotechnology and Biosciences, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected]
able to share their experiences in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The congress itself which was held for 3 days from 3rd to 5th June 2008 witnessed a convergence of great minds in tissue banking. Experts in various areas of tissue banking, from the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB), the Australasian Tissue Banking Forum (ATBF), the European Association of Tissue Banks (EATB), the Latin American Association of Tissue Banks (ALABAT) and the Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banks (APASTB) presented and shared their latest research and clinical findings in three special lectures, seven plenary lectures and 11 symposia. Seven papers and 44 posters were presented during the young investigator award symposium and poster session, respectively. Two young investigator awards (fundamental and clinical category) and three best poster awards were given during the closing ceremony. The President, Dr. Astrid Lobo Gajiwala, India, on behalf of APASTB, also conferred APASTB honorary membership to Dr. Rudiger von Versen, Germany, and Dr. Douglas Michael Strong, USA, for their contribution to the APASTB during the past two decades. The Congress provided a useful forum not only for discussion on various clinical and scientific updates but also offered an opportunity for all participants to explore deeper the ethics of tissue banking and transplantation, regulatory frameworks and po
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