Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 - 7:00PM The Home of Lawrence Bender, Bel Air
On Tuesday, September 26th, the co-leader of the team that cloned Dolly The Sheep - Alan Colman, CEO of ES Cell International, will be flying in from Singapore for an invitation-only discussion on the exciting new world of Stem Cell Research.
Academy Award-winning Film Producer & Diabetes Activist Doug Wick will moderate the event.
The Hollywood Hill invites you to join us to explore and celebrate the future death of Diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure and numerous other dreadful diseases.
Stem Cell Research has the potential to cure dozens of diseases. Recent initiatives in California have included the creation of a stem cell research center in San Francisco. Now Bill Frist, the Senate Majority Leader is pushing for the U.S. Congress to pass a stem cell research funding initiative, although President Bush has stated his intention to veto it. Meanwhile, across the world in Europe, Korea and Singapore, efforts are well-underway to fund this research and various countries are angling to become the dominant world leader.
Alan Colman has been at the cutting-edge of this research for the past 20 years. When he was stationed in Scotland in the 1990’s, he lead one of the two the teams that together cloned Dolly The Sheep. Now he heads up ES Stem Cell International (ESI) based in Singapore, one of the leading Stem Cell research firms in the world, providing 6 of the 22 human embryonic stem cell (hES) lines currently eligible for US federal funding. ESI is currently working on hES-cell therapy solutions for diabetes and congestive heart failure. He will be flying out from Singapore expressly for this exclusive briefing of activities in the whole sector.
Douglas Wick, in addition to his Academy Award-Winning record as a film producer, has been an avid Diabetes activist for the past 10 years. Diabetes is one of the many afflictions that could benefit from stem cell research. As The Hollywood Hill sought to bring in an industry veteran to participate in this discussion, we saw a natural fit with Doug's work and were thrilled to have him sign-on.
Pre-order Meal. Complimentary Cocktails & Valet Parking.