15th - 17th December 2014, Dubai-UAE
The 8th Dubai International Conference for Medical Sciences
Al Rashidiya Ballroom, Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai
December 16-17, 2014
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9:00 - 9:45 |
Discovery of Innovative Small Molecules Therapeutics |
Magid Abou Gharbia |
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9:45 - 10:15 |
Telbivudine: From the discovery of its antiviral activity to a marketed drug(Tyzeka, Sebivo) for the treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B |
Gilles Gosselin |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
‘Cancer to cardioprotection: Hearts and flowers & death and stats'. |
Paul Townsend |
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10:45 - 11.00 |
Panel Discussion | |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:15 |
Progress in Vaccination |
Stanley Plotkin |
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12:15 - 12:45 |
Cervical Cancer vaccine |
Ian H Frazer |
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12:45 - 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
Rapid development of an Ebola vaccine: challenges and opportunities | Adrian Hill |
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Clade B VLP-expressing HIV vaccine |
Harriet L Robinson |
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14:30 - 15:15 |
Panel Discussion |
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15:15 - 15:30 |
Coffee break |
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15:30 - 16:15 |
Imatinib as a Paradigm of Targeted Cancer Therapies |
Brian Druker |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
Personalized Medicine in Cancer Therapy |
Mustapha Hassan |
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16:45 - 17:00 |
Coffee break |
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17:00 - 17:30 |
Cancer stem cells targeted delivery of siRNA in vivo: translating Nobel Prize-winning technology to clinic |
Wei Duan |
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17:30 - 18:00 |
Immunomodulatory antibodies for therapy of cancer |
Ingegerd Hellstrom |
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18:00 - 18:15 |
Panel Discussion |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
The Carter Center: Historical overview and Current Updates |
Curtis Kohlhaas |
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9:15 - 9:30 |
Key note speech |
Manal Taryam |
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9:30 - 9:45 |
On Targeting of Health Facilities |
Mads Gilbert |
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9:45 - 10:00 |
Key note speech |
Mohamed Ghoneim |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Some Ethical Issues in Management of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease |
Zohair Al Halees |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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10:30- 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Cell Therapy for Cancer: Our synthetic future |
Carl June |
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11:45 - 12:15 |
Placenta-derived decidual stromal cells - a novel therapy for graft-versus-host disease, hemorrhages and toxicity after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
Olle Ringden |
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12:15 - 12:45 |
Skeletal (stromal) stem cells: basic biology and clinical use in tissue regeneration |
Moustapha Kassem |
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12:45 - 13:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
Pluripotent Stem Cells: From Physiology to Cell Therapy, Disease Models and Test Systems | Jurgen Hescheler |
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Personalized cancer treatment | Karim Nayernia |
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15:00 - 15:15 |
Panel Discussion |
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15:15 - 16:00 |
Closing |
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