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[12:00] IMBB Colloquia
- Description:
- Maria SAVAKI
Karagogeos' Lab
Title: "The sense of smell in mice: dissecting the organization and function of the olfactory bulb".
Friday, June 6th 2014 @ 12:00
Seminar Room 1 [FORTH's bldg]
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[16:00] MST colloquium
- Description:
- Friday, June 6th, 2014
Speaker
Charalampos Pontikoglou
Affiliation
Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete
Title
Mesenchymal Stem/stromal cells as therapeutic tools and vehicles for gene and drug delivery
Location
Department of Physics Bldg., Voutes, 3rd floor Seminar Room
Time
16:00
Language
English
Abstract
Esenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent, self-renewing precursor cells that can differentiate into cell types of mesodermal origin, such as adipocytes, osteocytes, and
chondrocytes. They can be easily isolated from a variety of tissues including the bone marrow, adipose tissue and umbilical cord among others. These properties, i.e. relative ease of isolation and multipotency along with their immunomodulatory effects, their ability
to rapidly expand in vitro and finally their homing to damaged tissues have rendered MSCs an attractive tool for cellular therapies/regenerative medicine and as vehicles for gene and drug delivery. Indeed, in the clinical setting, the therapeutic potential
of MSCs is being explored in various disorders, including orthopedic injuries, graft versus host disease following bone marrow transplantation, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases etc.
Furthermore, genetic modification of MSCs to overexpress antitumor genes has provided prospects for clinical use as anticancer therapy.
In my talk I will highlight reported uses of MSCs in regenerative medicine, as immunomodulatory/anti-inflammatory agents, and as vehicles for transferring both therapeutic genes in genetic disease and genes designed to destroy malignant cells.
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June 2014
