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ANNOUNCEMENT

The Public cord blood registry announces the successful completion of its programme of donated units for public storage. Due to the rapid development of new technologies and protocols such as haplo transplants, umbilical cord blood is not a preferred source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation purposes anymore. After 15 years of operation and with the storage of more than 4500 umbilical cord blood uniys, the public cord blood registry has statistically exceeded the maximum percentage necessary for the population of Cyprus.

All existing donated cryopreserved grafts (cord blood units) are still available for any patient who is in need for a transplantation, however new applicants for public storage are no longer accepted.

The registry will accept only applications for directed or autologous donation for patients (with the relevant medical report supported) where there is a clear indication for transplantation with hematopoietic cells as per the bibliography.

We would like to thank all our collaborators, physicians and donating parents for their valuable contribution throughout these years; our goals are achieved because of their kind support.

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Childhood Cancer Diagnostic Laboratory - Project Briefing

The Karaiskakio Foundation has received funding under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism in the Programming Period 2009-2014, for upgrading part of its infrastructure, advancement of expertise on the subject, promotion of public awareness and enhancement the bone marrow donor registry in Cyprus. Aiming to improve public health and reduce health inequalities, through the proposed project, the Karaiskakio Foundation has enhanced its local health infrastructure with the establishment of a state-of-the art, specialised Childhood Cancer Diagnostic Laboratory which provides diagnostic support to the paediatric and other cancer patients.

The establishment of the Childhood Cancer Diagnostic Laboratory contributes towards:
• Technological progress in the diagnostic field and better understanding of cancer pathology, improvement of patient health and reduction of health inequalities
• Integrated and comprehensive analysis at the early stage of disease identification and classification, management, and treatment
• Structured, systematic and comprehensive laboratory support to patients, hence minimizing the time needed for diagnosis
• Opportunities to young scientists to excel in the field of cancer, invest in people through education
• Increase Social Awareness on cancer.

A parallel objective of the project is the enhancement of the Bone Marrow Donor Registry with new volunteer donors. The challenge is to find the means to attract and to cultivate the feeling of altruism in young adults, through modern means of communication (e.g., apps, social media, self-service stations, short videos etc).

The project further enhances the collaboration of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot Communities in Cyprus.

The Karaiskakio Foundation is already engaged in bi-communal collaboration through the Cyprus Bone Marrow Donor Registry, the greatest in significance and size bi-communal project since 1974. The Kemal Saracoglu Association (a Turkish Cypriot NGO) actively supports the Karaiskakio Foundation in contacting donors and serves as a contact point to help Turkish Cypriot patients and physicians to access the services of the Foundation. Furthermore, the Karaiskakio Foundation is providing both diagnostic and donor search services free of charge to all leukaemia and cancer patients from both the Greek and the Turkish Cypriot community.