This issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine marks an important milestone in the journal’s mission to advance the clinical use of stem cells. Through a partnership with the Cord Blood Association, SCTM now includes a new section to showcase the newest and highest quality translational and clinical applications of cord blood and cord tissue-based therapies. Areas the new section will focus on...

At the 1969 national meeting of the American Association of Clinical Chemists in Denver, a group of clinical chemists from New Jersey informally discussed the possibility of forming a new section. The subject came up repeatedly during the course of the meetings and the idea seemed to become more attractive as time passed. In October of 1969, I sent a letter to David A. H. Director of the AACC, ...