ADVISORY/The Fourth Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine Rebuilding the Body, Restoring Function.News Editors ADVISORY...for Monday-Wednesday (Nov. 17-19) --(BUSINESS WIRE) The 4th Annual Conference on Regenerative re·gen·er·a·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by regeneration. 2. Tending to regenerate. re·gen Medicine, including scientist, researchers, and clinicians interested in promoting new advances in the field will all assemble at the Renaissance Hotel, in 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. November November: see month. 17-19, 2003. Organized by BioConferences International, Inc., in cooperation with GENETIC ENGINEERING NEWS and Mary Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year. Liebert, Inc. this conference provides an opportunity to share new research and technology in the area of cloning cloning: see clone. To make a product that functions like another. See clone. See also cloning software. , stem cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. research and regenerative medicine. The conference will provide a forum for discussing Cellular Therapies--Repairing the Damaged and Worn Body; Substitutive Medicine--Organ Replacement and Repair; Tissue Engineering; and New Frontiers New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental in 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. . Members of the press will assemble on Tuesday November 18th, at 10:30 a.m. for a press conference with Dr. William Haseltine.
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: Roster of Distinguished Speakers:
William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO Human Genome
Sciences
Robert S. Langer, Ph.D., MIT
Roger Pedersen, Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Margaret A. Goodell, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Judith A. Shizuru, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of
Medicine
Ian Wilmut, Ph.D., Roslin Institute
John Hardy, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging
William M. Pardridge, M.D., University of California Los
Angeles
Michael Wolfe, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Cynthia A. Lemere, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Robert M. Nerem, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Buddy D. Ratner, Ph.D., University of Washington
Michael V. Sefton, University of Toronto
Anthony Atala, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Linda Powers, Toucan Capital
Peer M. Portner, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
Steven Timmis, M.D., William Beaumont Hospital
Thomas Ming Swi Chang, M.D. Ph.D., McGill University
Brack F. Hattler, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
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.
Details: For complete program and registration visit:
http://www.bioconferences.com/ebio
Press Conference: Tuesday, November 18, 10:30 a.m., Room 15
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