The article contains a short overview of reports and poster communications which have drawn special interest of Russian participants from the St. Petersburg Pavlov University at the recent Annual EBMT Meeting. It represents a collective view of R. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation (CIC 725) on some current trends in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation including treatment of leukemias, lymphomas, myelodysplastic syndrome, non-malignant blood disorders, both in pediatric and adult clinical settings.