class="pagetitle"> Stem Cells

Cancer Stem Cells: The Origin of Cancer

Presented by: Irving Weissman, MD The Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, Professor of Developmental Biology and by courtesy of Biology Stanford University Medical Center February 11, 2009 Lecture Overview: Cancer stem cells have the ability to self-renew and replenish the growing cancer. They can grow indefinitely and spread to [...]

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Rebuilding A Damaged Brain

Presented by: Lawrence Recht, MD Director, Neuro-Oncology Program Stanford University Medical Center Lecture Overview: Treatment of brain cancer can cause as much neurological damage as the disease Stem cells may offer the opportunity to develop a new way to treat patients with damage to their nervous system that from a tumor or treatment, similar to [...]

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Implications Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research On Women’s Health

Presented by: Renee Reijo Pera, PhD Director, Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Stanford University Medical Center Lecture Overview: Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells have the potential to differentiate into any cell, including another stem cell Understanding the process of how two pronuclei (egg and sperm) [...]

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