Cancer Research Symposium

The Missouri Cures Education Foundation and Staenberg Family Foundation present the Cancer Research Symposium from 9:00 a.m. to Noon on Friday, May 1, 2015 at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N. Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63132. The event is open and free to the general public but reservations are required.

The symposium will present Cutting Edge Research such as learning about high-tech goggles that help surgeons “see” cancer and “watch” bacterial cancer therapy destroy cancerous tumors. Speakers for this program segment include Kim Bland, Ph.D., Head of Science Communications, Stowers Institute for Medical Research & BioMed Valley Discoveries. Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine Director, Molecular Imaging Center Co-Leader, Oncologic Imaging Program of the NCI-designated Siteman Cancer Center.

Breakthroughs in Blood Diseases: Hear how sequencing genes is a new pioneering way to stop cancer and how bone marrow transplants aim to turn damaged blood cells into healthy blood stem cells. Speakers:
Lukas Wartman, M.D. Assistant Professor of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Assistant Director, Cancer Genomics, The Genome Institute at Washington University. Mark Fesler, M.D. Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Director of Bone Marrow Transplant Program, St. Louis University School of Medicine.

Viruses Treating Cancer: Dogs suffer from cancer and chronic diseases just as humans. Hear how viruses are being engineered as new therapies to treat and prevent cancer in both humans and canines. Speakers:
Carolyn Henry, DVM Professor of Oncology, University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine & School of Medicine. David T. Curiel, M.D., Ph.D Director of Cancer Biology & the Biologic Therapeutics Center at Washington University School of Medicine. 

Event Sponsors: Karole & Tom Green, Josephine & Richard Weil, Kim & Bruce Olson, Kim & Stephen Brauer, Clark-Fox Family Foundation, Gamble & Schlemeier, Dr. Virginia Weldon, Carol & Bert Walker, Millstone Foundation, Lodging Hospitality Management, Washington University in St. Louis.

To register go to www.MissouriCures.org or c