Keynote Presentation I: Judy Roberson, RN, President, HDSA Northern California Chapter "Huntington's Advocacy: Why I Care"
Keynote Presentation II: Jan Nolta, PhD, University of California, Davis "Working Toward Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for HD"
Keynote Presentation III: Celia Witten, PhD, MD, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration "FDA Regulation of Stem Cell Therapy"
There will be other "late breaking" research presentations as well.
"Help Us Find the Answers: A Clinical Research Workshop for the HD Community"
As detailed on the Huntington Study Group site: "This workshop will focus on the importance of clinical research in the development of new treatments that make a difference in HD and will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 2:00 - 4:00pm in Baltimore. There will be an open panel discussion of the importance of clinical research participation, the projected number of participants needed in the next five years, the activities carried out during clinical research studies and the issues to be weighed when considering research participation".