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Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Conference
1st
North American Veterinary
Regenerative Medicine Conference March
5-6, 2010 Santa
Ynez Valley Marriott Hotel Buellton,
California The
UC Davis Center for Equine Health, in collaboration with the Alamo Pintado
Equine Medical Center and the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, is pleased to
announce the 1st North American Veterinary Regenerative Medicine Conference to
be held March 5-6, 2010, in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley just east of Santa
Barbara, California. The
conference is intended to be a two-day working meeting consisting of scientific
presentations, live demonstrations and discussion sessions on all aspects of
stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine in horses and other animals.
According to Dr. Gregory Ferraro, Director of the Center for Equine
Health, “As
with any new area of medical research and clinical therapy, standardization
of procedures and impartial methods?for evaluating results must be established
if?outcomes are to be properly evaluated. This
is a historic time, as we are now dealing with biological medicine rather than
pharmacological therapy.” Topics
will include the latest research techniques regarding the harvesting, expansion
and cryopreservation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and induced pluripotent
stem cells (iPS). Additionally, the
clinical applications, methodologies and manifestations of stem cells in
orthopedics and various other medical specialties will be presented.
Discussion sessions will include laboratory methodology and regulation,
the design and implementation of clinical trials and the basic biological
manipulation of stem cells. Approximately
25 speakers will present on topics ranging from Clinical
Applications of Stem Cells in Equine Joint Therapy to Gene
Therapy in Regenerative Medicine. Prominent
research scientists in the field of veterinary and human regenerative medicine
and clinicians with substantial experience in the application of stem cell and
related therapies will speak. Dr.
Doug Herthel, founder of Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center and the Alamo
Pintado Center for Biological Medicine, adds that “We are excited about the
collaboration of researchers and practitioners and the new ideas from which
innovative new therapies will be born. Our
goal is to find more useful ways to employ stem cell therapy to heal animals.” A
special practitioner’s round-table will be featured to discuss where and how
regenerative medicine fits in the practice of veterinary medicine.
There will also be a live demonstration of stem cell collection
techniques from bone marrow and fat and laboratory processing of bone marrow
samples. For equine veterinary
practitioners who want to learn and understand the basics of stem cell therapy
and the principles of regenerative medicine, this is definitely the meeting to
attend. The
conference is open to all practicing veterinarians, regenerative medicine
researchers, and other interested professional medical personnel.
To register for this conference or for more information regarding the
conference schedule and hotel accommodations, visit the website www.alamopintado.com/veterinarians
or telephone (888) 688-6510.
Background
information on hosting organizations: UC
Davis Center
for Equine Health recently established a collaborative 5-year research study
to enhance understanding of the behavior of stem cells for repairing bone,
tendon and ligament injuries in horses and facilitated the creation of a new
Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at UC Davis.
It is hoped that the experience gained through our current applications
in horses will provide sufficient knowledge to establish scientifically verified
treatment protocols as well as support the translation of this technology into
the human field. Alamo
Pintado Equine Medical Center
was founded in 1972 by Dr. Doug Herthel in the Santa Ynez Valley of California. The
veterinary team at Alamo Pintado has played a pioneering role in the advancement
of veterinary medicine. They have
strived to develop and refine many of today’s equine treatment procedures and
techniques, including the use of autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell
therapy, which was first used at the hospital in 1995.
Since then, more than
4,000 horses have received stem cell therapy at Alamo Pintado.
In June 2009, Alamo Pintado opened the first stem cell culture and
cryopreservation laboratory in private equine practice.
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital was founded in 1986 by Dr. Bill Rood and Dr. Tom Riddle when they recognized a need for an additional referral hospital in Lexington to handle the area’s ever-growing horse population. Since then, the practice has grown to include more than 50 veterinarians and a staff of over 200, all dedicated to do the best for the 10,000+ horses that are admitted to the hospital annually.
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