The University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center and
Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute are bringing stem cell
research and its legal, political and personal ramifications
into the spotlight on the Athens, Ga., campus.
The RBC will explore stem cell issues at 10:15 a.m. Monday,
Oct. 17, at Masters Hall in the Georgia Center for Continuing
Education. The talk will feature Sherry Knowles, Rep. Thomas E.
Price (R-Ga.) and Hamilton Jordan.
“It’s not just the science that will speed or hamper progress
toward new clinical uses of stem cells,” said Steven Stice,
professor and Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholar. “We
hope to address some of these issues during our symposium.”
On the legal side, Knowles will speak on intellectual
properties issues in stem cell research. She’s a partner at
King and Spalding law firm and a frequent speaker and author on
protecting biotechnology patent portfolios.
As Georgia’s 6th District congressman, Price has made it a
priority to strengthen health care and education. A medical
doctor, he is active in congressional issues surrounding stem
cell research.
Jordan is a three-time cancer survivor and was White House
chief of staff to former President Jimmy Carter. He is the
author of “No Such Thing as a Bad Day.” Jordan will bring a
personal perspective when he speaks on the value of medical
research and its hand in saving lives in the future.
The symposium will end with a 30-minute question-and-answer
discussion.
Formed in early 2003, the RBC regularly holds public contact
forums addressing new advances in regenerative science. The
Oct. 17 symposium will be in conjunction with UGA’s Human
Embryonic Stem Cell Toolbox workshop. This five-day clinic is
sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
Other sponsors for the symposium include the UGA Office of the
Vice President for Research, Georgia Research Alliance, Georgia
Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues,
Bresagen Inc., Applied Biosystems and Wisconsin State
Laboratory of Hygiene.
For more information, contact Stice at (706) 583-0071, at
www.biomed.uga.edu/rbc.html or at
www.biomed.uga.edu/stice.html.
