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Clive N. Svendsen, PhD

Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute
Cedars-Sinai, United States

Dr. Svendsen did his pre-doctoral training at Harvard University and received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in England where he then established a stem cell research group before moving to the University of Wisconsin in 2000 to became Professor of Neurology and Anatomy, Director of an NIH funded Stem Cell Training Program and Co-Director of the University of Wisconsin Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center. In 2010 he moved to Los Angeles to establish and direct the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute. Dr. Svendsen is currently using stem cells to both model and treat many different disease types. In this talk he will discuss the use of human neural progenitors releasing GDNF to treat ALS.

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