Abstract

This article summarizes the recent activity of the International Stem Cell Banking Initiative (ISCBI) held at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in California (June 26, 2016) and the Korean National Institutes for Health in Korea (October 19–20, 2016). Through the workshops, ISCBI is endeavoring to support a new paradigm for human medicine using pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) for cell therapies. Priority considerations for ISCBI include ensuring the safety and efficacy of a final cell therapy product and quality assured source materials, such as stem cells and primary donor cells. To these ends, ISCBI aims to promote global harmonization on quality and safety control of stem cells for research and the development of starting materials for cell therapies, with regular workshops involving hPSC banking centers, biologists, and regulatory bodies. Here, we provide a brief overview of two such recent activities, with summaries of key issues raised. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017;6:1956–1962

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Title
Report of the International Stem Cell Banking Initiative Workshop Activity: Current Hurdles and Progress in Seed-Stock Banking of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Author
Jung-Hyun, Kim 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kurtz, Andreas 2 ; Bao-Zhu, Yuan 3 ; Zeng, Fanyi 4 ; Lomax, Geoff 5 ; Loring, Jeanne F 6 ; Crook, Jeremy 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ji Hyeon Ju 8 ; Clarke, Laura 9 ; Inamdar, Maneesha S 10 ; Pera, Martin 11 ; Firpo, Meri T 12 ; Sheldon, Michael 13 ; Rahman, Nafees 14 ; O'Shea, Orla 15 ; Pranke, Patricia 16 ; Zhou, Qi 17 ; Isasi, Rosario 18 ; Rungsiwiwut, Ruttachuk 19 ; Kawamata, Shin 20 ; Oh, Steve 21 ; Ludwig, Tenneille 22 ; Masui, Tohru 23 ; Novak, Thomas J 24 ; Takahashi, Tsuneo 25 ; Fujibuchi, Wataru 26 ; Koo, Soo Kyung 1 ; Stacey, Glyn N 15 

 Korea Stem Cell Bank, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH), Osong, South Korea 
 Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 
 Cell Collection and Research Center, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China 
 Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 
 California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Oakland, CA, USA 
 Department of Molecular Medicine Center for Regenerative Medicine The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA 
 ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 
 Catholic University, Seoul, Korea 
 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK 
10  Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India 
11  Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME, USA 
12  Stem Cell Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 
13  Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 
14  University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
15  UK Stem Cell Bank, Division of Advanced Therapies, NIBSC, South Mimms, UK 
16  Stem Cell Research Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil 
17  Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 
18  Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA 
19  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 
20  Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan 
21  Stem Cell Group, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR, Singapore 
22  WiCell Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA 
23  Keio University/SKIP, Yokahama, Japan 
24  Cellular Dynamics International, Madison, WI, USA 
25  University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 
26  Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 
Pages
1956-1962
Section
Meeting Report
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Nov 2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
21576564
e-ISSN
21576580
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2290412575
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