Eurocord-Ed

The European Commission awarded a grant to EUROCORD to develop a comprehensive on-line training tool in the field of umbilical cord blood biology. This project named EUROCORD-ED brings together many major European partners including NETCORD, the European network of cord blood banks, the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), the European Hematology Association (EHA), cord blood banks in Milano, Madrid, Leiden and Athens, basic science research groups, and the companies Biostór Ireland, Macopharma and Alcimed. The EUROCORD-ED project aims to inform and educate all the vocational actors involved in the field: laboratory scientists, technicians, clinicians, transplant physicians, obstetricians, midwives and biotechnology companies involved in banking, research, and the clinical analysis of cord blood. EUROCORD-ED also aims to inform future parents, and to support health policy decision-makers.