This meeting will bring together specialists from around the world to focus on advances in cell and gene therapy for the treatment of genetic instability disorders. Presentations include gene therapy strategies for rare genetic diseases and discussions of specific disorders such as dyskeratosis congenita and Werner syndrome. for more information
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This two-day workshop for scientists and clinicians from academia, medical centers, technology, industry, and government and patient advocates will promote discussion of the various issues and special challenges associated with cancer detection, diagnostics, prognostics, and treatment of rare cancers with high mortality rates. This is an excellent venue to identify...
Integrating Nutrition into Clinical Practice, Medical Education & Community Health for further information please contact this homepage
Partners Healthcare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine and Harvard Business School hold their fifth annual conference at Harvard Medical School, titled ”Personalized Medicine: The Time is Now,” in Boston November 18-19. To kick off the conference, PMC will host an evening reception for members November 17 at the Commonwealth Hotel....
Immunodeficiencies and Autoimmune Diseases – November 13-15, 2009 in Baltimore, MD. This scientific colloquium is sponsored by AARDA and co-sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Autoimmune Disease Research Center and the Immune Deficiency Foundation. The meeting, held at the Intercontinental Harbor Court Hotel, will feature a multi-disciplinary approach, addressing the relationship...
The conference offers the opportunity to exchange the latest experiences via workshops and presentations. Delegates of member associations will discuss the situation regarding European health politics and European networks. An industrial exhibition will inform on the latest product developments. For more information visit this Web Site
A conference of the European Science Foundation. The meeting will bring together experts in sensory neuroscience, developmental biology, genetics, cell biology, modelling, translational research and therapy. It aims at promoting exchanges between the scientists of the two fields and beyond, at stimulating the emergence of new research projects at the...
Goals of this conference are to (1) identify novel validated biomarkers for predicting prognosis, (2) identify and discuss novel targets, (3) update technology, (4) update collaborative models, (5) design a future collaborative study, (6) generate a database and release data, and (7) discuss and confirm the funding mechanisms. For more...
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It is our great pleasure to invite you to San Diego for the XVII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG). It is a very exciting time in our field, as new technologies are just beginning to yield insights into the genetics and etiology of mental disorders. Come learn of the...
Joining Voices, an annual conference to support families in advocating for children & youth with special health care needs. Hosted by the Massachusetts Family-to-Family Health Information Center, a project of Mass Family Voices @ Federation for Children with Special Needs. Information
Soon an individual’s genome can be sequenced at accessible cost. Like the availability of books provided by the printing press, the ease of communications by cell phones, and the access to information via the internet, access to information that is broad, deep, and personally significant changes society, its laws, and...
This goals of this conference are to promote the exchange of the most current information regarding MHE and the collaboration and synergy among laboratories studying this disease. This goal will be accomplished by bringing together world experts in the fields of orthopedics, human genetics, developmental biology, glycobiology, and related human...
AAAS, in partnership with the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), is convening three two-day colloquia on personalized medicine. The first colloquia was held June 1-2, 2009; the second is scheduled for October 26-27, 2009 at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC. The third in the series will be held March...
Our annual conference is designed for both patients, spouses, caregivers, and physicians interested in expanding their knowledge of Graves’ and thyroid disease. Learn more about it – how it affects you.The meeting will give you the opportunity to hear & talk to world renowned specialists and researchers as they discuss...
Contact for additional information: Dr. Harvey Luksenburg, NHLBI 301-451-6766
Jointly sponsored by the NIH’s Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) and the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism Products (DGIP), the goal of the workshop is to bring together those involved in research and investigational treatments for central nervous system...
Examine the Latest Symptomatic and Disease Modifying Approaches for the Clinical Development of New AD Therapies. Website: www.cbinet.com/alzheimers
On Saturday the 31st of October 2009 we will organise the annual CMTC meeting in the Netherlands and is open for members, their families and doctors from any place. Information
What Every American Needs to Know about Autoimmune Disease – October 24, 2009 in Orlando, FL. This FREE Public Forum will be held at the Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave, Orlando, Florida, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM in the Camellia Room. This FREE conference is open...