Episode 40 - Vanja Nikolac Markic, Francois-Xavier Lamy & Jenny Mohseni Skoglund - SOHO

ECDC: On Air

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Science

5 • 3 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered how substances of human origin (SoHo) - blood, tissues, cells, organs - can be used in medical therapies?

In this episode, ECDCs SoHo Team talks about the lifesaving medical benefits that SoHos can bring and the measures to ensure that they are used safely.

The team also gives an overview of the legislation and regulation at EU-level as well as the importance of cross-border co-operation.

To learn more about the substances of human origin and the role ECDC plays in keeping them safe click here. For general information about ECDC, please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠ecdc.europa.eu⁠⁠⁠⁠, or follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠social media⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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0:00.0	ECDC on Air.
0:05.0	The podcast of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
0:09.0	Keeping up to date with European Epidemiology.
0:13.0	Hello, my name is Nicholas and I'm your host for today's episode of ECDC on Air,
0:19.0	which is the podcast for the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
0:22.7	Today we're going to talk about substances of human origin, for example, blood, tissues, cells and organs.
0:29.6	Rapid advances in biological and medical research have led to these substances now being increasingly used in a variety of medical therapies.
0:56.6	Music now being increasingly used in a variety of medical therapies. With me here in the studio, I have not only one, but three experts working on this topic at ECDC.
1:01.5	So could you start off each one of you just to present yourselves and say a few words about what you do?
1:03.8	Hello, my name is Vanya Nikolatz.
1:09.2	I'm principal expert for microbial safety of substances of human origin.
1:11.7	Hi, I'm Janu Mosen in Skoglund. I'm an expert of microbial safety of substances of human origin. Hi, I'm Janu Mosen in Skoglund.
1:15.3	I'm an expert of microbial safety of substances of human origin.
1:21.8	And hi, I'm Francox Xavier Lamy, also an expert in the microbial safety of substances of human origin.
1:22.7	Nice to have you all here.
1:24.0	So I thought maybe let's start off with, because I think a lot of our listeners might
1:27.7	not really know exactly what we talk about when we talk about substances of human origin.
1:32.4	I think we use the term Soho as well, like a shortening of that. So Jenny, can you tell us a little
1:37.1	bit more about that? Yeah, of course. So when we talk about substances of human origin, or Soho,
1:43.3	as we also call them.
1:44.5	We are referring to material that are derived from the human body and is intended for use in
1:50.3	humans.
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