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This sounds like an interesting symposium. It's open to the public, and free. Linda NATIONAL ACADEMIES HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE http://www.nationalacademies.org/stemcells Translation of Stem Cells into Clinical Stem Cell Therapeutics Public Symposium Thursday, November 20, 2008 National Academy of Sciences Washington, D.C. This message serves as an update about the National Academies’ public symposium on the Translation of Stem Cells into Clinical Stem Cell Therapeutics on Thursday, November 20, 2008. 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. A draft agenda for the symposium is attached. 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). For additional information or to register for the symposium, please visit the National Academies’ stem cell website: <http://www.nationalacademies.org/stemcells> Organized by the National Academies' Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee Information and Registration: http://www.nationalacademies.org/stemcells This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested. Please forward this announcement to any parties who may be interested in attending. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The activities of the National Academies’ Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee are sponsored by the Ellison Medical Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn