News & Announcements
Publications, milestones, awards, and events from our research group.
The Stem Cell Network recognized Dr. Sauvageau with a 25 for 25 Silver Anniversary Trailblazer Award, honouring leaders who have addressed major challenges in regenerative medicine and translated discovery into real-world impact for patients. Awardees will be celebrated at the 2026 Till & McCulloch Meetings in Vancouver.
Read the announcementReal-world evidence published in Blood Advances shows UM171-expanded cord blood grafts outperform other graft sources, with more than 100 patients transplanted to date.
UM171-expanded graft data was packaged by ExCellThera, co-founded by Guy Sauvageau, to request accelerated approval in Europe for patients lacking a suitable donor.
The Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences recognized Dr. Sauvageau with its 2024 Arthur Wynne Gold Medal for his contributions to stem cell science.
The Leucegene dataset, built from the Quebec Leukemia Cell Bank, captures the full genetic diversity of AML to power discovery of new anomalies and drug vulnerabilities.
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