Event: Translation of Stem Cells into Clinical Stem Cell Therapeutics

October 31, 2008

Translation of Stem Cells into Clinical Stem Cell Therapeutics

Public Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2008
National Academy of Sciences

Washington, D.C.

The meeting will explore issues related to the translation of stem cells into clinical therapeutics, with a particular focus on the implications that translation may have on the oversight of stem cell research.  

 

 Sessions at the day-long meeting will include:

• Overview of regulatory issues
• Case study on cardiac applications
• Case study on neuronal applications
• Panel discussion on cross-cutting issues related to stem cell therapeutics
• Opportunity for public comment and discussion

Speakers and panelists include Kenneth Chien (Harvard/MGH), Lawrence Goldstein (UCSD), Deborah Hursh (FDA), Insoo Hyun (Case Western/ISSCR), Richard Lee (Harvard/BWH), Jane Lebkowski (Geron), Olle Lindvall (Lund), Christine Mummery(Leiden), Amy Comstock Rick (Parkinson’s Action Network/CAMR), Lorenz Studer (Sloan-Kettering), Jeremy Sugarman(Johns Hopkins), and Darin Weber (Biologics Consulting Group).

This event is organized by the National Academies’ Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee.  It is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested. 

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