Asterias Biotherapeutics to Participate in Live Google Hangout Discussion of Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AST), a leading biotechnology company in the emerging field of regenerative medicine, today announced that Jane S. Lebkowski, Ph.D., Asterias' President of Research and Development, will participate in a live Google Hangout session presented by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) discussing the latest progress in stem cell-based therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI).
The CIRM Google Hangout session is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, 2014, from 12:00 to 1:00pm PT (3:00 to 4:00pm ET). To access the event, please visit http://bit.ly/1sh1Dsm.
The session will include a discussion of Asterias' CIRM-funded Phase 1/2a dose escalation clinical trial for SCI. In addition to Dr. Lebkowski, participants include Roman Reed, a tireless advocate for stem cell research and SCI treatments, and Kevin Whittlesey, Ph.D., a CIRM science officer. Mr. Reed will provide the patient advocate community's perspectives, and Dr. Whittlesey will discuss other CIRM-funded research that aims to better understand SCI and to bring stem cell-based therapies to clinic trials.
About Asterias Biotherapeutics
Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AST) is a leading biotechnology company in the emerging field of regenerative medicine. The Company's core technologies center on pluripotent stem cells, which are characterized by the ability to become all cell types in the human body. Asterias is focused on developing therapies based on pluripotent stem cells to treat diseases or serious injuries in several medical areas where there is high unmet medical need and without adequate available therapies. Asterias' two clinical development programs, AST-OPC1 (oligodendrocyte progenitor cells) for spinal cord injuries and AST-VAC2 (antigen-presenting allogeneic dendritic cells) for lung cancer, are based on the Company's proprietary technology platforms of Pluripotent Stem Cells and Allogeneic Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy, respectively. Additional information about Asterias can be found at www.asteriasbiotherapeutics.com.
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