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Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Research: Includes the process of cell differentiation. The main goal of research on embryonic stem cells is to learn how blank stem cells turn into differentiated stem cells. These cells then form specific tissues and organs in the human body.
MAR 15, 2018 | 10:30 AM
The study of rare, neurological disorder and the development of effect treatments can pose many unique challenges. A paucity of scientists working on these disorders often limits forward prog...
MAR 14, 2018 | 9:00 AM
Biomedical research depends on the use of model systems to explore basic biology, probe disease mechanisms, and conduct drug discovery and development. However, results from such systems are...
FEB 22, 2018 | 12:00 PM
There is an acute shortage of organs due to disease, trauma, congenital defects, and most importantly, age related maladies. The synthetic materials used in tissue engineering applications to...
FEB 22, 2018 | 9:00 AM
DATE: February 22, 2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm EST, 06:00pm CEST(Europe)Colorectal cancer (CRC) develops during a multi-step process from small lesions of the intestinal epithelium....
FEB 21, 2018 | 10:30 AM
Therapies that activate the host immune system have shown tremendous promise for a wide variety of solid tumors. However, in most cancer types, fewer than half of patients respond to these th...
FEB 01, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Pluripotent stem cells can reproduce indefinitely and develop into any cell type in the body. We are putting pluripotent stem cells to use, for a neuron replacement therapy for Parkinso...
JAN 25, 2018 | 8:00 AM
DATE: January 25, 2018TIME: 8:00AM PST, 10:00AM CSTProstate cancer (PCa) is the most common noncutaneous malignancy in men in the US. A significant fraction of advanced PCa treate...
JAN 01, 2018 | 10:00 AM
The capacity to generate disease-relevant cell populations from human pluripotent stem cells has tremendous potential for shedding light on human disease mechanisms. I will discuss basic prin...
JAN 01, 2018 | 12:00 AM
My talk shall encompass how the stem cell research field has evolved from embryonic stem cells to adult stem cells and currently induced pluripotent stem cells with special reference to the f...
DEC 14, 2017 | 6:00 AM
DATE: December 14, 2017TIME: 05:00am PST, 08:00am EST, 2:00pm CETvon Willebrand Disease (vWD) is one of the most common congenital bleeding disorders, affecting ~1%* of the world’...
DEC 01, 2017 | 12:00 AM
The use of pluripotent stem cells is dramatically altering the R&D landscape, providing new insights into both the basic biology of disease progression and novel cell types for pharmaceut...
NOV 28, 2017 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 28, 2017TIME: 7:00AM PT, 10:00AM ET, 4:00PM CETGene expression profiling by high-throughput sequencing reveals qualitative and quantitative changes in RNA species at stea...
NOV 16, 2017 | 9:00 AM
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ETThe wide use of 2D monolayer cultures for cancer drug discovery reflects the technical ease of implementation for drug screening, and t...
