[bioundgrd] TODAY *5:30pm* BUSA Faculty Lecture/Dinner featuring Professor Rudolf Jaenisch - 68-121

[MacKenzie Outlund]

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> MIT Biology Undergraduate Student Association (BUSA) presents...
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> Stem Cells, Reprogramming, Therapy: Promise, Problems, Reality
>  BUSA faculty lecture/dinner featuring Professor Rudolph Jaenisch
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> TODAY - Thursday April 23th, 2009
> 5:30pm   68-121 
> Sushi will be served after the lecture
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> Nuclear cloning holds the promise for generating ³customized² ES cells that
> could be used for research of complex human diseases as well as for
> transplantation medicine. However, technical and ethical problems impede the
> application of this technology as approach for the treatment of degenerative
> diseases. A key question of the field is the molecular mechanism of
> reprogramming of the somatic nucleus following transfer into the egg. More
> recently, strategies have been developed that allow direct reprogramming of
> somatic cells to a pluripotent state without requiring exposure to the egg.
> The reprogrammed cells have been coined ³induced Pluripotent Stem cells² (iPS)
> and have been shown in animal models to effectively treat major diseases such
> as Sickle Cell Anemia or Parkinson¹s. It is likely that the iPS technology
> will revolutionize how we study complex human diseases and will provide novel
> therapeutic strategies.
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> Open to undergrads of all majors! We look forward to seeing you at this event.


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