the promise of human embryonic stem cell therapies

The promise of human embryonic stem cell therapies

Robert Lanza, MD

VP Medical & Scientific Development

Advanced Cell Technology

and Adjunct Professor

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

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Waiting ListOrgans Transplanted

•Parkinson’s ($6 billion/yr)•Stroke ($45 billion/yr)

•Spinal cord injury ($10 billion/yr)•Epilepsy ($3 billion/yr)

•Alzheimer’s ($100 billion/yr)•Multiple sclerosis ($10 billion/yr)

Production of new hES lines that will be safe for

clinical applications

• Feeder-free system• Serum-free system• Elimination of all

animal products, including sialic acids

• Generated using good manufacturing practice (GMP)

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Generation of ES cells using parthenogenesis

WBC colony from cloned stem cells

•Cardiovascular disease costs the US $329 billion annually

End-stage renal disease will cost US $1 trillion during the coming decade