Nature Research Round Table: Parkinson's Disease Therapy with Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Dr. Malin Parmar from Lund University talks about her work on cell-based therapies to treat Parkinson’s disease, as well as regulatory, safety, and efficacy requirements for the clinic. This presentation and the following Q&A session were moderated by Dr. Christine Mummery from the Leiden University Medical Center.
This presentation was part of a Round Table series titled “Challenges in Ensuring hPSC Quality”, hosted in partnership with Nature Research. Global experts gathered at the Springer Nature headquarters in London, UK, to tackle some of the most pertinent issues impacting the use of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), ranging from fundamental biology research to therapeutic applications. Explore the full series here.
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Spotlight on Organoids: Expert Panel
Listen in as organoid experts address topics from RegMedNet's spotlight on organoids. Drs. Meritxell Huch (University of Cambridge), Farzan Pourfarzad (Hubrecht Organoid Technology), Ryan Conder (STEMCELL Technologies), and Sumeer Dhar (AMSBIO) discuss applications, features, and common challenges of organoid cultures.
Studying Cystic Fibrosis Using Primary Human Nasal Epithelial Cells
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that affects multiple organs in the body. The primary defects are in the airway and related to epithelial dysfunction. Technological advances have enabled researchers to study CF using specialized in vitro cell culture models to recapitulate the pseudostratified airway epithelium. In this webinar, Dr. Theo Moraes elaborates on the advantages of using nasal epithelial cell cultures to perform such studies and their implications for precision medicine in CF. He also discusses the Program for Individualized Cystic Fibrosis Therapy (CFIT)—a collaboration between CF Canada, SickKids Foundation, and The Hospital for Sick Children—and how it utilizes the nasal culture methodology to develop a nationally accessible resource and to accelerate the development of individualized therapies for CF patients.
Dr. Theo Moraes is a clinician and researcher at The Hospital for Sick Children and the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto, Canada.