ASS.

ISTITUTO
MEDITERRANEO BIOETICA
“GIOVANNI PAOLO II” PROVINCIA REGIONALE DI AGRIGENTO COMUNE DI AGRIGENTO
AGRIGENTO

AISM
AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA ASS. ITALIANA
“SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO” POLO UNIVERSITARIO DI AGRIGENTO COMUNE DI FAVARA SCLEROSI MULTIPLA

4th Convention on Stem Cells

Stem cells: Towards New Prospectives

Segreteria Organizzativa
Dott. Giovanni Nocera - Cell. 348 7457877 www.bioeticaagrigento.org

Presidente Istituto Mediterraneo Presidente ARS Il Sindaco di Agrigento Palacongressi - Castello Chiaramontano
Agrigento - Favara 18/21 Novembre 2009
Prof. V. Di Natali On. Cascio Avv. M. Zambuto

Il Sindaco di Favara Il Presidente della Provincia Il Presidente AISM

Dott. D. Russello Dott. E. D’Orsi Prof. G. Crapanzano Con il Patrocinio: Ordine dei medici chirurghi e odontoiatri, AISFA di Agrigento,
Azienda Ospedaliera “San. Giovanni di Dio”
Sanfilippo Arti Grafiche s.r.l. - NARO (AG) - Tel. 0922 957788 Con il Concorso dell’Assemblea Regionale Siciliana
 PROGRAMMA
18 NOVEMBER,WEDNESDAY
Ore 10:00 AM Press Conference - Town Hall of Agrigento
Ore 5:00 PM Opening, Local Authority Welcome - Chiaramonte Castle of Favara
Report:
D o t t . G i u s e p p e G r a m a g l i a Discussion on the Previous Conventions Regarding
Stem cells
Manager of the Pediatric Unit at the “San Giovanni di Dio” Hospital of Agrigento
19 NOVEMBER, THURSDAY
Palacongressi di Agrigento
Ore 9:30 AM Presentation
Ore 9:45 AM Discussion on reports:
P r o f . G i u s e p p e R e m u z z i , Stem cells: facts and myths
Institute “Mario Negri’, Director of the Institute for Pharmacological Research of Bergamo
P r o f . C l o t i l d e C a s t a l d o , Cardiac Primitive Cells and the microen-
vironment: identical twins raised by different parents
Human Anatomy Researcher at the ‘Federico II,’ University of Naples, Faculty of Pharmacy
Prof. Mirabella Massimiliano - Prof. Roberta Morosetti,
Human mesoangioblasts isolated from muscle biopsies of patients with
infiammatory myopathies and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a new
tool for cell therapy of muscle diseases
Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University of Rome
Prof. Carlo Pincelli, Epidermic stem cells in homeostasis and Epidermal
Carcinoma
Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Dott. Francesco Lo Monaco, Identification of coronary vascular
progenitor cell in the human heart
Department of Physiology, New York Medical College
Ore 1:30 PM Lunch
20 NOVEMBER, FRIDAY
Palacongressi di Agrigento
9.30 Presentation
9.45 Report
D o t t . B a t t a g l i a “Stem Cells and Multiple Schlerosis: The role of the Italian
Multiple Schlerosis Foundation and the International Multiple Schlerosis Association”
University Siena
Prof. Stefano Pluchino, Somatic neural stem cells: a new therapy for MS
CNS Repair Unit, DIBIT II and the Experimental Institute of Neurology (InSpe), San Raffaele
Scientific Institute, Milan
Prof. Antonio Uccelli, Therapeutic plasticity of mesenchymal stem cells
The Director of the Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics Department, University of Genoa,
Dott. Giovanni Nocera, Stem cells in the CNB documents
Vice president of the Italian Bioethics Association
Ore 1:30 PM Lunch
21 NOVEMBER, SATURDAY
Palacongressi di Agrigento
9.30 Presentation
Prof. Giovanni Corsello, Genetic diseases and Stem Cells
Full Professor of Paediatri, Maternal-Infantile Department, University of Palermo
Prof. Giuseppe Canzone, Stem Cells in the Amniotic Fluid
The Manager of the Gynecological and Obstetric Unit,Termini Imerese, Italy
Prof Franco Locatelli, The clinical use of the adult stem cells: from the
beginning to new prospectives
Manager of the Hematological and Oncological Paediatrics, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
Prof. Barresi - Prof. Daniele F. Condorelli, The transplant of
neural cells of a common ancestor using experimental therapy on cerebral cancer
The Chemical Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of the University of Catania
P r o f . A l b e r t o U g a z i o , The primary clinical approach towards the immunodeficiency
Manager of the Paediatric Medicine Department of the IRCCS Paediatric Hospital “Bam-
bino Gesù” in Rome