The formal ceremony of the 2020 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Action Awards will take place at a gala reception and dinner on January 23, during the 15th annual World Stem Cell Summit (WSCS) at the Hyatt Regency in Miami.

2020 Honorees include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Emily Whitehead Foundation, Gift of Life Marrow Registry and Ret. Major General Bernard "Burn" Loeffke (US Military). The formal ceremony of the 2020 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Action Awards will take place at a gala reception and dinner on January 23, during the 15th annual World Stem Cell Summit (WSCS) at the Hyatt Regency in Miami.

It was the perfect Hanukkah gift. A Queens man who donated his stem cells to a donor bank got the chance to meet the man whose life he saved, providing a touching moment during a celebratory Menorah lighting ceremony that took place on the first night of Hanukkah in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza.

On Sunday, a stem cell donor from Queens met the man whose life he saved through a stem cell transplant, CBS2’s Christina Fan reported. On the first night of Chanukah — a holiday that celebrates miracles — the two strangers celebrated their own. Ehud Kadry is a 27-year-old father from Queens. Paul Kaplowitz is a 69-year-old pediatric oncologist from Virginia. They were meeting for the first time, but were already deeply connected.

Approximately every three minutes one person in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. And for most, a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant from a perfect stranger is their only hope. Chances of finding a match are much harder for racial minorities, especially African Americans, whose donor pool is exceptionally small because bone marrow compatibility is closely linked with race.

This year, Jewish singles will have the opportunity to make a miracle when they go to the MatzoBall at Royale in Boston on Christmas Eve. The famed Boston event is taking place for the 33rd consecutive year, and the 2019 edition is featuring an inaugural partnership with Gift of Life Marrow Registry to increase chances of matching blood cancer patients in need of a life-saving marrow or blood stem-cell transplant with individuals who can provide it.