Chantal Rapatel

TL;DR: A means of identifying subsets containing all the CFU-F and sufficiently enriched to detect them in fresh BM, enabling evaluation of mesenchymal content of BM collections for cell therapy.

TL;DR: Although controlled‐rate freezing and storage in liquid nitrogen are the standard procedure for peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) cryopreserva‐tion, uncontrolled‐rate frozen and storage at –80°C have been reported.

TL;DR: Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) gives positive results in the management of graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD), but in children, specific difficulties can outweigh this benefit.

TL;DR: A method to evaluate the quality of initial mesenchymal content and track the modifications induced by graft processing has not yet been proposed and a satisfactory correlation between immuno‐phenotyping and functional tests by low‐density plating is established.

TL;DR: It is concluded that tumor cell contamination may be frequently detected in PBSC harvests of stage IV neuroblastoma patients by sensitive molecular analysis.