Instant Expert - Transformative Medicine : The Future of Human Health

Instant Expert - Transformative Medicine : The Future of Human Health is organized by New Scientist Events and would be held on May 6, 2017 at Royal College of General Practitioners, London, England, United Kingdom.

Today we are living ever longer lives, with medical treatments now available such as heart transplants, IVF and electrical brain stimulation that would once have seemed unthinkable. So what will be the radical new therapies of the future?

This New Scientist event will bring into focus the great strides being made in understanding how the body works, at the level of cells, molecules and our genetic code, whilst exploring how these insights are starting to be translated into new opportunities for healing and repair. What will the future look like when biology is no longer our destiny?

Topics covered will include :
• CRISPR gene editing
• Stem cells and artificial organs
• Slowing down ageing
• Immune reprogramming
• Nanomedicine
• Brain stimulation

Speakers :
• Robin Lovell-Badge, head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute
• Fiona Watt, director of the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at King's College London
• Catharien Hilkens, reader in immunotherapy at Newcastle University
• Nick Davis, senior lecturer, psychologist and neuroscientist at Manchester Metropolitan University
• David Gems, professor of biogerontology at the Institute of Healthy Ageing, UCL
• Frantisek Stepanek, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, head of the Chemical Robotics Laboratory at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague.

Price :
Standard Tickets : GBP 149.00

Speakers : Robin Lovell-Badge, Fiona Watt, Catharien Hilkens, Nick Davis, David Gems, Frantisek Stepanek, Clare Wilson