ADVISORY/The Fourth Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine; Rebuilding the Body, Restoring Function.News Editors/Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers ADVISORY...for Mon-Wed (Nov. 17-19) LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 At the Renaissance Renaissance (rĕnəsäns`, –zäns`) [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times. Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D. C. Hotel on November November: see month. 17-19, leading researchers, scientists, physicians, and entrepreneurs in cellular therapies, Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , tissue engineering, new ventures, and substitutive medicine: organ organ, a musical wind instrument in which sound is produced by one or more sets of pipes controlled by a keyboard, each pipe producing only one pitch by means of a mechanically produced or electrically controlled wind supply. replacement and repair will share the latest advances in the provocative new field of Regenerative re·gen·er·a·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by regeneration. 2. Tending to regenerate. re·gen Medicine. Regenerative Medicine, a unique new approach to healing Healing See also Medicine. Achilles’ spear had power to heal whatever wound it made. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Agamede Augeas’ daughter; noted for skill in using herbs for healing. [Gk. Myth. that uses the body's own genes, proteins, antibodies Antibodies Specialized cells of the immune system which can recognize organisms that invade the body (such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi). The antibodies are then able to set off a complex chain of events designed to kill these foreign invaders. , and cells to repair organs and tissues.
What: The Fourth Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine:
Rebuilding the Body, Restoring Function
When: November 17-19, 2003
Opening Monday, November 17, at 5:00 p.m.
Concluding Wednesday, November 19, at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel, 999 Ninth Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
Who: William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO, Human Genome
Sciences, Inc., conference chair, will present opening remarks
and an overview November 17, at 5:00 p.m. on Regenerative
Medicine: Rebuilding the Body, Restoring Function.
Robert S. Langer, Ph.D., Kenneth J. Germeshausen, Professor of
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, MIT will present a
keynote address November 17, at 6:00 p.m. on Novel Biomaterials.
William C. Rader, M.D., Chairman of the Board and Medical
Director, Medra, Inc., will speak Tuesday, November 18,
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the luncheon.
Donald W. Fink, Jr., Ph.D., Cellular, Tissue and Gene
Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will speak Wednesday,
November 19, from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the luncheon.
Linda Powers, Managing Director, Toucan Capital, will present
a New Ventures Address November 19, at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors: USF College of Medicine, Regenerative Medicine and
Stem Cell Biology www.mmsionline.com/regmed and Genetic
Engineering News www.genengnews.com
Supporters: Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Toucan Capital Corp.,
Medra, Inc.
Details: For complete program and registration visit:
http://www.bioconferences.com/ebio.
Contact: Limited press attendance, for press credentials, please
call or e-mail: BioConferences International, Inc., Harriet I.
Matysko, Senior Vice President 914-834-3100 ext. 608,
hmatysko@liebertpub.com
Press Conference: Tuesday, November 18 at 10:30 a.m. Room 15
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