Leading Regenerative Medicine Researcher Dr. Anthony Atala to Keynote Biotech 2007.Atala Will Join Senator Daschle in Providing Comments at CED's 16(th) Annual Conference on May 14-15 in Durham, N.C. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. ) today announced that Dr. Anthony Atala, Senior Researcher and Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine, along with North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Physicians, is part of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center system. , will join previously announced speaker Senator Tom Daschle in providing featured comments at Biotech 2007. The 16th annual Biotech conference - scheduled for May 14-15, 2007, at the Marriott at the Civic Center in Durham, N.C. - is presented by CED in partnership with the North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Biotechnology Center and the North Carolina Biosciences Organization (NCBIO). Dr. Atala is the director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is a research institute affiliated with Wake Forest University and located at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Regenerative medicine is "a practice that aims to refurbish diseased or damaged tissue using the body's own , where he leads a team of more than 100 physicians and researchers. He is also the department chair at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, a pediatric urology surgeon, a published author and a leading researcher in the area of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Dr. Atala has been involved with national, professional and government committees, including the National Institute of Health's working group on Cells and Developmental Biology Developmental biology A large field of investigation that includes the study of all changes associated with an organism as it progresses through the life cycle. The life cycles of all multicellular organisms exhibit many similarities. and the NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. Bioengineering Consortium. He has applied for or received more than 150 national and international patents, and 10 applications of technologies developed in Dr. Atala's laboratory have been used clinically. "Dr. Atala is a true pioneer in regenerative medicine," said CED President Monica Doss. "With a deep understanding of next-generation medical treatments, Atala will offer a distinctive and valuable perspective at this year's conference." In addition to comments by Dr. Atala and Senator Daschle, Biotech 2007 will feature several interactive panel sessions, strategic forums and networking opportunities for attendees to connect with more than 800 life science leaders. For more information on attending or sponsoring Biotech 2007, visit www.cednc.org/biotech or contact Jessica Hegele, jhegele@cednc.org, 919-549-7500. |
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