9th Internatl Meeting on Neural Transplantation & Repair

申请者描述(申请人提供)：本申请寻求部分支持将于2005年6月8日至11日在台湾台北大酒店举行的第九届国际神经移植与修复会议INTR9。这次会议将提供一个急需的多学科论坛，用于介绍和批判性地讨论神经移植和修复领域的最新发展。会议将集中讨论神经退行性疾病和创伤的修复，特别是帕金森氏症、亨廷顿氏症和阿尔茨海默氏症，以及脊髓损伤和中风。它将突出转化医学中的新技术，包括干细胞生物学和基因治疗。会议的总主题是神经保护和神经修复，特别是与基因治疗、干细胞和细胞替代有关的神经保护和修复。特别是，有一个国际移植登记和一个实践委员会，在这次会议期间举行会议，并制定神经科学中细胞替代和基因治疗的临床实践指南。为这次会议寻找了广泛的演讲者，他们被选为代表这一不断扩大的领域中领先科学家的横截面。第九届国际会议的地点是由美国神经移植和修复学会的一个国际项目委员会选择的，这是该国际会议首次由环太平洋国家主办。因此，它将使可能因地理限制而未能出席先前会议的大批科学家更容易接触到他们。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks partial support for the 9th International conference on Neural Transplantation and Repair, INTR9, to be held June 8-11, 2005 at the Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. The conference will provide a much needed multidisciplinary forum for the presentation and critical discussion of the most recent developments in the field of neural transplantation and repair. The conference will focus on repair of neurodegenerative disease and trauma, in particular Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's diseases as well as spinal cord injury and stroke. It will highlight new techniques in translational medicine including stem cell biology and gene therapy. The general theme of the conference is on neural protection and neural repair, particularly as these relate to gene therapy, stem cells, and cell replacement. In particular, there is an international transplant registry and a practice committee that meets during this conference and develops guidelines for clinical practice regarding cell replacement and gene therapy in neuroscience. A broad range of speakers has been sought for this conference, chosen to represent a cross-section of leading scientists in this expanding field. The venue for the ninth international meeting was chosen by an international program committee of the American Society of Neural Transplantation and Repair, and represents the first time the international meeting will be hosted by a Pacific rim nation. Thus, it will provide easier access to a large audience of scientists who may not have been able to attend the prior meetings because of geographical limitations.