Latest Developments in Artificial Organs Highlighted At the Third Annual Conference On Regenerative Medicine December 2-4, 2002, Washington, D.C., www.bioconferences.com/ebio

From: Business Wire (Press Release)
Nov. 8, 2002

LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2002--Don't miss a major session on the most recent research advances and clinical successes in the development of replacement organs at the Third Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine on December 2-4, 2002 in Washington, D.C.

This year's conference program is our most ambitious to date, with a focus on The New Medicine: From Repair to Regeneration.

Chairing the session on Artificial Organs is Peer Portner, Ph.D., who will speak on the latest developments in designing an artificial heart and the emerging paradigm of Destination Therapy for assisted circulation. H. David Humes, M.D., will describe the biohybrid kidney, a novel approach to renal replacement therapy. Progress toward developing a biomechanical artificial pancreas with feedback capability will be the subject of a presentation by William P. Van Antwerp, Ph.D., and advances and challenges in the development of cochlear implants is the focus of a talk by Jay Rubinstein, M.D. Michael J. Lysaght, Ph.D., will present an overview of the field of Substitutive Medicine, discussing present and future trends in artificial organ research.

FULL PROGRAM & ON-LINE REGISTRATION ARE AT:
www.bioconferences.com/ebio

ROSTER OF DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS:

* William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., Human Genome Sciences
* Gregory Stock, Ph.D., UCLA School of Medicine
* Ian Wilmut, Ph.D., Roslin Institute
* Benjamin E. Reubinoff, M.D., Hadassah University Hospital
* Robert Lanza, M.D., Advanced Cell Technology
* Catherine M. Verfaillie, M.D., University of Minnesota
* Philippe Collas, Ph.D., University of Oslo
* Anthony Atala, M.D., Harvard Medical School
* Stephen Strom, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
* Ivan R. Schwab, M.D., University of California-Davis
* Anthony Ratcliffe, Ph.D., Advanced Tissue Sciences
* Gregory Korbutt, Ph.D., University of Alberta
* Peer M. Portner, Ph.D., Stanford University
* H. David Humes, M.D., University of Michigan
* Jay T. Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa
* William P. van Antwerp, Ph.D., Medtronic MiniMed Inc.
* Michael J. Lysaght, Ph.D., Brown University
* Dennis J. Purcell, Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, LP
* Barbara S. Bregman, Ph.D., Georgetown University Medical School
* Curt Freed, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
* Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
* Shuguang Zhang, Ph.D., MIT

PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

* Regenerative Medicine: Circa 2003
* Reprogramming Somatic Cells for Therapeutic Applications
* Renal Replacement Therapy: From Dialysis to Biohybrid Kidney
* Neural Transplantation for Parkinson's Disease
* A Potential Platform for Cell and Gene Therapy
* Generation of Histocompatible Tissues Using Nuclear Transplantation
* Stem Cell Plasticity
* Cell Transplantation, From Hepatocytes to Stem Cells
* Bioengineering Ocular Surfaces
* Cell-Scaffold Based Tissue Engineering
* Islet Cell Transplantation
* Destination Therapy: An Emerging Paradigm for Assisted Circulation
* Cochlear Implants --The Biomechanical Artificial Pancreas
* Substitutive Medicine
* Regeneration of Adult Nervous System
* Cloned Human Neuronal Grafting
* Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofiber Scaffold Hydrogels
* New Ventures Address: Strategies in a Difficult Environment
* Bioethics Address: From Regenerative Medicine to Human Design: What Are We Really Afraid Of?

POSTERS DEADLINE:

Nov. 8, 2002 (to submit a poster, go to www.bioconferences.com/ebio)

SPONSORSHIPS AND BOOTH SPACES ARE AVAILABLE
Contact hmatysko@liebertpub.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:

CME credit activity for 17 hours in category 1

LOCATION:

The headquarter hotel is The Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel, on 999 Ninth Street, N.W. Discounted conference rates on rooms have been negotiated. Contact the hotel at (202) 898-9000, www.renaissancehotels.com/WASRB

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS:

To get the lowest airfare rates, contact Wayne Coven, Empress Travel, (212) 410-9990 or (800) 933-9054 and mention that you are attending the 3rd Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

* Harriet Matysko
* BioConferences International
* 2 Madison Ave., Larchmont, NY, USA
* (800) 5-BIOCON, (914) 834-3100; (914) 834-3689 fax
* hmatysko@liebertpub.com; www.bioconferences.com/ebio

Contact:

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Larchmont
Third Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine
Harriet Matysko, 800/5-BIOCON; 914/834-3100
hmatysko@liebertpub.com

Source: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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