Intel ISEF 2019: Cord Blood Stem Cells Front and Center at the "Olympics of Science Fairs" in Phoenix, Arizona

Outstanding STEM Students from Over 75 Counties
to Learn about Cord Blood Stem Cells at Intel ISEF 2019

Save the Cord Foundation is proud to announce our participation in Intel ISEF 2019! For this prestigious event, we are thrilled to have the support of the Arizona Public Cord Blood Program. Together, we will be bringing cord blood education to the next generation of scientists, doctors, nurses and community leaders. 

Intel ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair), a program of Society for Science & the Public, is often referred to as the “Olympics of Science Fairs” welcoming the brightest STEM students from more than 75 different countries.  ​Each year, millions of high school aged students compete around the globe in local and school-sponsored science fairs for an opportunity to showcase their independent research and compete for approximately $4 million in prizes at Intel ISEF. Visit the official site here.

Nearly 5000 students, their teachers and mentors attend this event annually. Intel ISEF unites these top young scientific minds, showcasing their talents on an international stage, where doctoral level scientists review and judge their work. The research presented by students is of the highest caliber. 

For example, last year, one of the winners of the multi-disciplinary Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS award was Nabeel Quryshi from the University School of Milwaukee, WI for his research, "Role of Telomerase in Vascular Function and Exploration of Mitochondrial Dynamics: A Novel Approach to Treatment of Vascular Dysfunction."

​Intel ISEF 2019
Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, Arizona
May 12-17, 2019

​PUBLIC DAY: Thursday, May 16th

Learn more about Intel ISEF 2019. Register to attend.

Dr. Wise Young

Discover the Research:
Cord Blood to Potentially Treat Spinal Cord Injury

Intel ISEF 2019 Symposia Featured Speaker

We are honored to welcome Dr. Wise Young of ​Rutgers University and the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience as our featured speaker for the Intel ISEF 2019 Symposia.

An engaging speaker and pioneer in the field, Dr. Young will speak about his ground-breaking clinical trials using cord blood to potentially treat spinal cord injury. Dr. Young will highlight the results from these clinical trials which he is leading in the US as well as across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Norway and India via a large clinical trial network established for this purpose. In the initial results from the Phase II trial in Kunming, China, 75% of the participants (15 out of 20) recovered walking with a rolling walker.  

Dr. Young will also discuss the growing need for cord blood globally with regards to current applications to treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Likewise, he will highlight recent developments in the medical world that could stimulate a sudden increase in the demand for cord blood, notably in the field of regenerative medicine.  Learn more about Dr. Wise Young here.

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NEXT GENERATION: Cord Blood

Students who attend Intel ISEF will be encouraged to participate in the "NEXT GENERATION: Cord Blood" program and to share this program with others in their communities when they return home. This program brings cord blood education directly to the classroom thanks to a curated selection of videos and detailed lesson plans designed with  Students and teachers will have the opportunity to register for a free NEXT GENERATION account and newsletter focused exclusively on cord blood. Learn more about our NEXT GENERATION: Cord Blood program here.

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Our partner for this event. . . 

The Arizona Public Cord Blood Program is a state-run program from the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre. The program was created to advance the collection of and increase the number of cord blood units available for transplantation via the national registry managed by NMDP/BeTheMatch.

The program provides Arizona with a public umbilical cord blood banking program and is currently available in five hospitals throughout the state. It is free to donate your newborn’s cord blood to this program. Learn more here.

Cord blood collection for the Arizona Public Cord Blood Program

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