Challenges and promise of cell-based therapies

April 2, 2008

What: " Challenges and Promise of Cell-Based Therapies " is a one-day

symposium to explore promising research in regenerative medicine

using stem cells. The opening plenary session will feature an

overview of hematopoietic stem cell therapy.

This will be followed by four plenary sessions that will highlight

cell-based therapies for the treatment of neurological, cardiac,

musculoskeletal, and metabolic diseases and disorders.

It will close with a presentation on induced pluripotent stem cells

(iPSCs) and the issues that need to be addressed to enable their

potential use in cell-based therapies.

Why: The purpose of the symposium is to determine productive new

directions for research in regenerative medicine and to help NIH

prioritize research with the greatest potential for clinical benefit.

Who: Speakers include:

Story C. Landis, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders

and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health

Paolo Bianco, M.D., Sapienza Universita' di Roma

Daley, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Mark S. Freedman, M.D., M.Sc., University of Ottawa

Griffith, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Markus Grompe, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University

Kerr, M.D., Ph.D., s Hopkins University

A. Laflamme, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington

rosa Leri, M.D., Harvard Medical School

W. Losordo, M.D., Northwestern University

Stuart H. Orkin, M.D., Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Terence A. Partridge, Ph.D., Children's National Medical Center

Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D., Tulane University Medical School

Clive N. Svendsen, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Zaret, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center

When: Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 8 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m.

Where: Natcher Conference Center, NIH Campus

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