Online Exhibit

Stem Cells - Potential Clinical Applications

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This exhibit permits insights of prominent scientists describing potential applications of stem cell discoveries. Click on each of the scientists below and hear their cogent remarks.*

Director/Producer
MARTIN E. GORDON, M.D., F.A.A.A.S.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Chairman, Board of Trustees

Introduction by Dr. Gordon

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Human embryonic cells that are becoming epithelial cells. From Growing Stem Cells (Genome News Network).
"Human embryonic stem cells that are becoming epithelial cells, as indicated by the presence of a protein called cytokeratin (in green). The nudei are stained blue." From: Growing Stem Cells (Genome News Network) Research by Daniel G An derson, Shulamit Levenberg & Robert Langer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Daniel G Anderson, Shulamit Levenberg & Robert Langer. Nanoliter-scale synthesis of arrayed biomaterials and applicatio n to human embryonic stem cells. Nature Biotechnology 22 , 863 - 866 (2004)

Dr. Douglas Melton, a leading researcher in the field of human embryonic stem cells, presented the keynote address for the 57th annual lecture May 4, 2005, The Future of Pancreatic Stem Cells and Diabetes.

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For past lectures, see Associates Annual Lectures.


Robert J. Alpern M.D. Dean School of Medicine Ensign Professor of Medicine Yale University

Sidney Altman, M.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology and Chemistry

Joel Black Ph.D. Research Scientist & Associate Director Department of Neurology Yale University

John Carson Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Connecticut Health Center

Yung-Chi Cheng Ph.D. Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology Yale University

Edward Chu M.D. Ph.D. Professor Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology Yale University

Michael Coady M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Surgery (Cardiothoracic) Yale University

Dennis Cooper M.D. Professor C-E Medical Associate Professor Surgery Professor Internal Medicine Oncology Yale University

Ann E. Cowan M.D. Associate Professor University of Connecticut Health Center

Craig Crews Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology Yale University

Richard L. Edelson M.D. Director Yale Cancer Center & Professor & Chairman Dermatology Yale University

John Elefteriades M.D. Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic section Department of Surgery Yale University

Jack Elias M.D. Professor and Chief of Pulmonary section Department of Internal Medicine Yale University

Paul Fleury Ph.D. Professor and Dean Department of Engineering Yale University

Bernard G. Forget M.D. Professor and Chief of Hemotology section Department of Internal Medicine Yale University

Gary Friedlaender M.D. Professor and Chair Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation and Pathology Yale University

Margaret Hosteter M.D. Jean McLean Wallace Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis Chair of Pediatrics Yale University

Donald Ingrer M.D. Ph.D. Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts

Jeffrey D. Kocsis Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurology and Neurobiology Yale University

Diane Krause M.D. Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine Yale University

Erin Lavik Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Yale University

Michael Levene Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Yale University

Ira Mellman M.D. Ph.D. Sterling Professor & Chair Department of Cell Biology Yale University

D. Kent Morest M.D. Ph.D. Professor University of Connecticut Health Center

Michael Nathanson M.D. Ph.D. Professor & Section Chief of Digestive Diseases Department of Internal Medicine Yale University

Deborah Denise Proctor M.D. Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Digestive Disease - Internal Medicine Digestive Disease Yale University

T. V. Rajan Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pathology University of Connecticut Health Center

Pasko Rakic Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Neurobiology Yale University

D. E. Redmond Jr. M.D. Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychiatry Neurosurgery and Surgery Yale University

Mrinal Sanyal M.D. Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Yale University

Dionisios Sakkas Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Ob/Gyn Yale University

M. Bruce Shields M.D. Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Yale University

Stephen Strittmatter Ph.D. Professor Department of Neurology Yale University

Stephen G. Waxman M.D. Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Neurology Yale University

 


The Associates are grateful to the many Clinical and Research Scientists who generously shared their insights to this educational effort as well as to

R. Kenny Marone, MLS, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Director

the Multimedia Editors Patrick Leone, Manager & Editor, Douglas Forbush and Craig Tomlin, and Information and Technology Services and their staffs all of whom made this project viable.

Program supported by an unrestricted grant from

Jack Dreyfus, Emeritus Chairman, Dreyfus Charitable Trust Fund

 

*Note: Real Media requires a RealPlayer browser plugin to work. You may download a free version of RealPlayer at the Real Web site.