Leading researchers from Israel and Southern California to present stem cell...( Internationally recognized for breakthr...)

Internationally recognized for breakthroughs in experimental gene therapeutics, Lowenstein is a member of the education committee of the European Society of Gene Therapy and the Neurological Diseases Gene Therapy Committee of the American Society of Gene Therapy. He also serves in a study section of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.

Thursday's Corporate Sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a keynote address by Alan Colman of ES Cell International titled "Stem Cells: From Bench to Bedside to Bank." ES Cell International Pte. Ltd. of Singapore and Melbourne, Australia, holds the rights to the embryonic stem cell lines that have been approved for research in the United States. Scientists in this country have access to the cell lines through an arrangement between ES Cell International and the National Institutes of Health.

Representatives from biotechnology laboratories in Israel will speak on these topics:

• Neuronal Differentiation from Cultured Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells
• Immune-based Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke
• Autologous Transplantation of Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Parkinson's Disease Therapy
• Restoring Joint Function with Growth Factor Directed Stem Cells
• Cell Grafts Expressing Ion Channels for the Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias & Neurological Disorders
• From Embryonic Stem Cells to Cell Therapy and Beyond
• Towards a Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Cure for Parkinson's Disease

Although the symposium is open to the public, the highly scientific nature of the presentations makes it more suitable for the scientific community and those who may be interested in funding stem cell research.

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Contact: Sandy Van
sandy@prpacific.com
800-880-2397
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
15-Nov-2005

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