Session 5: Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
Session Chair: Mr. Bruce Cohen, CEO of Cellerant Therapeutics, USA
Co-Chair: Dr. Xiaoyan Jiang,
Research Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, The BC Cancer Research Centre, Canada; Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia; Adjunct Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Title: Challenges in Targeting Cancer Stem Cells: Lessons from Leukemia
Dr. Xiaoyan Jiang, Research Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, The BC Cancer Research Centre, Canada; Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia; Adjunct Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Title: Anti-inflammatory effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Novel Concept for Future Therapies
Dr. Mauricio Rojas, Assistant Professor of Department of Medicine; Associate Director CTRLung, Scholar McKelvey Lung Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

Title: Stem Cell Therapy: Developing a Successful Business Model
Mr. Bruce Cohen, CEO of Cellerant Therapeutics, USA

Title: Histone Deacetylases: Key Regulators to Determine the Efficiency of Reprogramming after Somatic-cell Nuclear Transfer
Dr. Satoshi Kishigami, Research Scientist of Center for Developmental Biology, Riken, Assistant Professor of Kinki University, Japan

Title: Rescue of Human Dystrophin after Transplantation of Exon Skipping¨CEngineered Dmd Stem Cells in a Dystrophic Animal Model
Dr. Yvan Torrente,
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Milan, Italy

Title: Stem Cell Regulation By Rho Gtpases
Dr. Yi Gu, Principal Scientist, Innovation Center, China, AstraZeneca Global R&D
Title: Insights Into Autotransplantation: The Unexpected Discovery Of Specific Induction Systems In Bone Marrow Stromal Cells
Dr. Mari Dezawa, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Title: Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiac Regeneration: Framework for the Future Optimization
Dr. Jozef Bartunek, Cardiovcascular Center, OLV Aalst, Belgium
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