Conference on Regenerative Medicine opens in Vatican
(Vatican Radio)
Advances in regenerative medicine will top the agenda of aninternational conference opening in the Vatican
Thursday. “Cellular Horizons: How Science, Technology, Information and
Communication will Impact Society” 28-30 April is the third in a
series of conferences (2011 and 2013) organized by the Pontifical Council for
Culture’s office for Science and Faith and The Stem For Life Foundation on the Progress
of Regenerative Medicine and its Cultural Impact. Researchers, doctors,
patients, policy makers, business leaders and philanthropists will look at
successful new therapies and attempt to identify ways to make them more
available.
Cardinal Gianfranco
Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, says:
“In this Jubilee Year of
Mercy, we would like to challenge all of society to search for the cures to
human illness. The advancement of regenerative medicine holds great
promise for the future, and together, we must bring these vital cellular
therapies to the hundreds of millions of people suffering from disease around
the world, especially those from under-served and developing nations.
With this event, we sound a clarion call to humanity that tomorrow’s cures can
be found today in the human body, and that we have an obligation to bring these
cellular therapies out of the clinic and into the real world.”
“Whether immunotherapies for
cancer or stem cell treatments for rare diseases, there are now over 30,000
cell therapy trials in development noted on the clincaltrials.gov website,”
says Dr. Robin Smith, President of The Stem For Life Foundation.
“This event will rally the world around a powerful idea – that the cells of our
bodies hold the potential to vanquish disease, reduce global suffering and
inspire hope for people around the world living with illness.”
3 Days focusing on the
“cellular revolution”
The focus on Thursday,
the opening day of the conference, will be on ground-breaking therapies
offering new hope in the treatment of pediatric cancer, rare diseases and
diabetes. On Friday, speakers will present cellular and technological
breakthroughs in cancer and autoimmune disorders, and discuss the delivery of
health care using technology and big data. Pope Francis is expected to
greet participants in an audience Friday. Also Friday: talks on “The Dawn of
Next Generation Health Care” and “Humans 2.0” exploring societal, ethical
psychological and spiritual implications of how technological advances in life
sciences are poised to challenge even what it means to be human.
On Saturday, the final day of
the conference, speakers will concentrate on “Cellular Frontiers” with emphasis
on research, regulation and funding. Talks will focus on stem cell research,
and include “Rebuilding and Restoring the Human Body,” “Aligning Stakeholders
to Build a Regenerative Care Model,” “Facilitating Cellular Innovation and
Distribution,” “Healthy Aging,” “Feeding Cells, Starving Cancer and Aging
Well,” and “Cell Therapy Philanthropy.”
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