Highlights from the SWG

Scientific Working Group Session - Stem cells: Clonal hematopoiesis and its clinical implications

EHA2022 annual meeting Vienna

Chair: M Manz (Switzerland)

  • Clonal hematopoiesis and non-malignant diseases of ageing K Kirschner (United Kingdom)
  • Longitudinal dynamic of clonal hematopoiesis G Vassiliou (United Kingdom)
  • Clinical relevance of CHIP M Della Porta (Italy)

EHA-ISEH joint sessions ‘Ex vivo expansion of HSCs: are we getting there?’, dedicated to the legacy of Hal Broxmeyer.

The session at EHA2022 Vienna:

Dr Adam Wilkinson
Title: “Ex vivo haematopoietic stem cell expansion technologies”. 

Dr Kristin Hope
Title: “Intrinsic regulators of ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell expansion”

The session at ISEH 2022 Edinburgh:

Giuliana Ferrari, SR-TIGET, IRCCS San Raffele, Italy
Gene therapy for beta-thalassemia: from the bench to the bedside and back

Guy Sauvageau, Université de Montréal, Canada
The importance of stem cell expansion in tomorrow’s medicine

Both sessions were chaired by Dominique Bonnet and Marieke Essers from the SWG Stem cells.