Inviting all blood bankers and transfusion medicine professionals! The field of cellular therapy now finds itself in our daily lives in and outside of the hospital setting. Whether addressing the special needs of a marrow transplant patient or making the headline news, cellular therapy has become commonplace. This program will offer an introduction to the field of cellular therapy for those in transfusion and blood banking services. The session will provide an overview of the basic biology of hematopoiesis, attributes of progenitor cells and cell sources used for transplantation. Collection, processing and manipulation procedures as well as the rationale for determining appropriate methodologies will be discussed and presented using visual aids. Speakers will provide an overview of the regulatory considerations and accreditation standards, derived in the blood bank, as they apply to the collection, processing and infusion of cellular therapy products.