Stem cells and drug discovery
Alan Mackay-Sim is a leader in stem cell research and cell transplantation therapy. His research on the regeneration of the sense of smell led to the first clinical trial of a therapy to treat human paraplegia in which the patient’s own olfactory cells were transplanted into their injured spinal cord. Stem cells from patient’s olfactory epithelia are used to understand diseases such as schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, and to develop new drug therapies.
Date:
4 July 2018, 12:00 (Wednesday, 11th week, Trinity 2018)
Venue:
Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details:
Le Gros Clark Lecture Theatre
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Prof Francis Szele (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
francis.szele@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Francis Szele
