Cord Blood Can Treat Krabbe Disease - Learn How at the 2026 Arizona Cord Blood Conference

How is cord blood used to treat Krabbe Disease? What is the role of newborn screening? Can we also use cord blood to treat cancer? Get the answers you need from leading transplant doctors and industry experts. Join us on April 16th for the 11th Anniversary of the Arizona Cord Blood Conference (attend in-person or virtually). 

Cord blood has helped to bridge the gap between stem cell donors and patients for well over 35 years. Today, the medical community recognizes cord blood for its unique qualities: easier to match than bone marrow, available off-the-shelf in just days, collected easily. The advantages are numerous.

This year’s conference will place an emphasis on cord blood's unique advantages in fighting Krabbe Disease and cancer, as well as innovative research in regenerative medicine to potentially treat cerebral palsy, sickle cell disease and more. The conference will also reinforce the growing network supporting the Arizona Public Cord Blood Program, a free cord blood donation program available to Arizona families and made possible by the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC) at the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Click here To register FREE (Attend in-person or virtually)

Speakers will include:

• Joanne Kurtzberg, MD (Duke University / Carolinas Cord Blood Bank)
• Filippo Milano, MD, PhD (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
• Paul Orchard, MD (University of Minnesota)
• Arthur Evensen, DPM, CWSP (Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare)
• Erin Eaton, (MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank)
• Joan Snelz, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, BSN (Northern Arizona University)
• Shandre Niameogo, BSN, MSN, MPH (Save the Cord Foundation)
• Melanie Hall (Save the Cord Foundation)
• Charis Ober (Save the Cord Foundation)

Register here:  https://tinyurl.com/AZCordBloodConference2026 
Hybrid event (attend online or in-person), free and open to the public.