Stem Cells: Towards New Prospectives - 4th Convention On Stem Cells

ASS. ISTITUTO MEDITERRANEO BIOETICA “GIOVANNI PAOLO II” AGRIGENTO AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA

“SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO”

PROVINCIA REGIONALE DI AGRIGENTO

POLO UNIVERSITARIO DI AGRIGENTO

COMUNE DI AGRIGENTO

COMUNE DI FAVARA

AISM ASS. ITALIANA SCLEROSI MULTIPLA

4th Convention on Stem Cells

Stem cells: Towards New Prospectives

Segreteria Organizzativa

Dott. Giovanni Nocera - Cell. 348 7457877 www.bioeticaagrigento.org

Presidente Istituto Mediterraneo Prof. V. Di Natali

Presidente ARS On. Cascio

Il Sindaco di Agrigento Avv. M. Zambuto

Il Sindaco di Favara Dott. D. Russello

Il Presidente della Provincia Dott. E. D’Orsi

Il Presidente AISM Prof. G. Crapanzano

Sanfilippo Arti Grafiche s.r.l. - NARO (AG) - Tel. 0922 957788

Palacongressi - Castello Chiaramontano Agrigento - Favara 18/21 Novembre 2009

Con il Patrocinio: Ordine dei medici chirurghi e odontoiatri, Azienda Ospedaliera “San. Giovanni di Dio”

Con il Concorso dell’Assemblea Regionale Siciliana

AISFA di Agrigento,

PROGRAMMA

18 NOVEMBER,WEDNESDAY

Ore 10:00 AM Press Conference - Town Hall of Agrigento Ore 5:00 PM Opening, Local Authority Welcome - Chiaramonte Castle of Favara

Report:

D o t t . G i u s e p p e G r a m a g l i a Discussion on the Previous Conventions Regarding

Stem cells Manager of the Pediatric Unit at the “San Giovanni di Dio” Hospital of Agrigento

19 NOVEMBER, THURSDAY

Palacongressi di Agrigento

Ore 9:30 AM Presentation Ore 9:45 AM Discussion on reports:

P r o f . G i u s e p p e R e m u z z i , Stem cells: facts and myths Institute “Mario Negri’, Director of the Institute for Pharmacological Research of Bergamo

P r o f . C l o t i l d e C a s t a l d o , Cardiac Primitive Cells and the microen-

vironment: identical twins raised by different parents Human Anatomy Researcher at the ‘Federico II,’ University of Naples, Faculty of Pharmacy

Prof. Mirabella Massimiliano - Prof. Roberta Morosetti,

Human mesoangioblasts isolated from muscle biopsies of patients with infiammatory myopathies and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a new tool for cell therapy of muscle diseases Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University of Rome

Prof. Carlo Pincelli, Epidermic stem cells in homeostasis and Epidermal

Carcinoma Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Dott. Francesco Lo Monaco, Identification of coronary vascular

progenitor cell in the human heart Department of Physiology, New York Medical College Ore 1:30 PM Lunch

20 NOVEMBER, FRIDAY 9.30 Presentation 9.45 Report

Palacongressi di Agrigento

D o t t . B a t t a g l i a “Stem Cells and Multiple Schlerosis: The role of the Italian Multiple Schlerosis Foundation and the International Multiple Schlerosis Association” University Siena Prof. Stefano Pluchino, Somatic neural stem cells: a new therapy for MS CNS Repair Unit, DIBIT II and the Experimental Institute of Neurology (InSpe), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan

Prof. Antonio Uccelli, Therapeutic plasticity of mesenchymal stem cells The Director of the Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics Department, University of Genoa, Dott. Giovanni Nocera, Stem cells in the CNB documents Vice president of the Italian Bioethics Association

Ore 1:30 PM Lunch

21 NOVEMBER, SATURDAY 9.30 Presentation

Palacongressi di Agrigento

Prof. Giovanni Corsello, Genetic diseases and Stem Cells Full Professor of Paediatri, Maternal-Infantile Department, University of Palermo

Prof. Giuseppe Canzone, Stem Cells in the Amniotic Fluid The Manager of the Gynecological and Obstetric Unit,Termini Imerese, Italy

Prof Franco Locatelli, The clinical use of the adult stem cells: from the beginning to new prospectives Manager of the Hematological and Oncological Paediatrics, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia Prof. Barresi - Prof. Daniele F. Condorelli, The transplant of neural cells of a common ancestor using experimental therapy on cerebral cancer The Chemical Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of the University of Catania

P r o f . A l b e r t o U g a z i o , The primary clinical approach towards the immunodeficiency Manager of the Paediatric Medicine Department of the IRCCS Paediatric Hospital “Bambino Gesù” in Rome