October 18, 2005 Source: University of Toronto:
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/051018-1701.asp Patients and experts to discuss latest in regenerative medicine Oct 18/05
by Karen Kelly (about) (email) A patient whose lower jaw was completely reconstructed by regenerative medicine will speak at the ChaRM 2005: Challenges in Regenerative Medicine reception on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. at the Toronto Renaissance Hotel, One Blue Jays Way. Other guests include a transplant patient and a gene therapy patient, as well as numerous regenerative medicine experts who will examine the latest in stem cell research, tissue engineering and other innovations that could end the organ transplant shortage and heal paralysing injuries. The reception is part of a two-day conference designed to pool information from leaders in industry, medicine and academia, as well as share information with the public as to the latest advances in this rapidly accelerating field. "Breakthroughs are happening so quickly that it's hard for everyone involved to keep up," says U of T dentistry professor Cameron Clokie, one of the organizers. "What we are now dealing with is a revolution in reconstructive therapeutics - spinal cords, weakened hearts and even brains of stroke victims could one day be rejuvenated by regenerative medicine." ChaRM 2005 is organized to address the challenges of regenerative medicine in six sessions. The first two sessions will aim to define the surgical and medical challenges faced by healthcare practitioners. The following four sessions will reveal potential ethical and practical solutions to issues such as stem cell and tissue engineering. In each session, experts will describe their own innovations and discoveries in regenerative medicine.
| 