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The 2013 Larry L. Hillblom Foundation 12th Annual Scientific Sessions (Monterey, CA, from 2013-10-28 07:30 to 2013-10-28 14:00)

The LLHF 12th Annual Scientific Sessions will take place in Monterey, CA on October 28, 2013.

UCSF News Center: "New Dementia Diagnostic Exams and Gene Findings Bode Well for Treatment"

Dr. Bruce Miller, the director of the UCSF Memory & Aging Center and a LLHF Network Grantee, describes advances in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) research and the ability to diagnose dementia more accurately through improvements in behavioral assessment tools, imaging techniques, and gene testing.

Rady Children's Specialists: "Dr. Alberto Hayek Discusses Stem Cell Research for Diabetes"

Alberto Hayek, M.D., a pediatric endocrinologist, the co-director of the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) as well as a LLHF Network Grantee discusses, in an online interview, the potential for stem cells to become insulin-producing cells.

Buck Institute: "Global Leader in Revolutionary Stem Cell Technology"

Associate Professor, Xianmin Zeng PhD, from the Buck Institute and a LLHF Grant recipient has developed new stem cell therapy for Parkinson's Disease which provides a method to reproduce the required amount of clinical grade neurons essential for human trials. She also confirmed this technique could be created in a good manufacturing practice facility which is necessary for clinical trials.