I wonder why they have to mention the stem cell stuff here, when her
research clearly doesn't use stem cells? Perhaps it is just the
reporter's way of drawing attention to the article, but it always
creates such confusion. Ugh!

Stacy Lavery


--- In nathanfaustmantrials@yahoogroups.com, "Carla" <shortmuffin79@...>
wrote:
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> Diabetes Cure On The Agenda At BU Event - Dr. Denise Faustman To
Present Keynote Lecture At Science Day
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> 19 Mar 2009
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> President Obama's recent reversal of restrictions on stem cell
research is welcomed news for scientists nationwide-scientists like
Boston's Dr. Denise Faustman, who will describe her controversial
approach to curing type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases at 1
p.m. March 26 at 670 Albany Street on Boston University's Medical
Campus.
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> Dr. Faustman's lecture is the highlight of Boston University Goldman
School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Science Day, and is open to anyone
interested in innovative research underway in Boston.
>
> Dr. Faustman has shown in mouse trials that removing disease-causing T
cells leads to regeneration of good cells and cures type 1 diabetes. She
will speak about human applications of her research at Science Day.
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> Dr. Faustman is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and
director of the Immunobiology Laboratories at Massachusetts General
Hospital.
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> Science Day also features research poster presentations and oral
presentations by BUGSDM students and fellows on a variety of dental and
medical topics and an exhibition by dental vendors. For more
information, visit http://www.dentalschool.bu.edu/scienceday.
>