Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) requires the comprehensive corporations of hematologists, nurses, radiologists, operation-room staffs, blood transfusion specialists, dermatologists, experts of respiratory diseases, gastroenterologists, pathologists pharmacologists, administrative office and the other almost entire functions of an institute. Because of that, “Harmonization of medical services” has been the key-word of HCT and it has become a good character of the persons who have participated in HCT. These persons have then created study group in each region, nation-wide academic society (Japan Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation; JSHCT) and have obtained many national grants. They have also created Japan Marrow Donor Program and Japan Cord Blood Bank System under the collaboration with non-medical volunteers. They have made a good friendships with the people who have the similar good characters in oversea countries and organized international academic societies (APBMT and WBMT). As one who has worked in these period, I summarized what I have been involved and I sent a message that JSHCT, which is a “Technology-oriented society”, should advance toward the aims which are not only the further improvement of the current HSCT field but also the expansion of the targeted diseases.
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