Leading researchers from Israel and Southern California to present stem cell...( Zoloth Ph.D. professor of Medical Eth...)

Zoloth, Ph.D., professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities, and of Religion, at Northwestern University in Chicago. Director of Bioethics for Northwestern's Center for Genetic Medicine, Zoloth is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Stem Cell Research and is Chair of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Bioethics Advisory Board.

"Funding Stem Cell Research in the United States," presented by Arlene Chiu, Ph.D., director of Scientific Programs and Review of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). A developmental neurobiologist, Chiu is associate director of the Office of Research Administration of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIRM was established in 2004 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, responsible for disbursing funds to California universities and research institutions.

"Adult Stem Cell Transplantation for Treatment of Malignant and Non-malignant Disorders and for Tissue Repair," presented by Shimon Slavin, M.D., a specialist in internal medicine, immunology/rheumatology, immunology/allergy, and bone marrow transplantation at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. Slavin conducts extensive research in immune system regulation, bone marrow transplantation, gene therapy, and bone marrow stem cells.

"Stem Cells and Prostate Cancer," presented by Owen N. Witte, M.D., professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has received awards for his contributions in basic cancer research. Among his research interests are the development of the immune response and growth regulation mechanisms related to leukemias and metastasis of certain cancers to the bone marrow.

"Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Paradigms from the Bone Marrow," presented by Gay M. Crooks, M.D., a
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