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Robin R. Young, C.F.A.

Mr. Young is the founder and CEO of Robin Young Consulting Group, a firm specializing in evaluating and conducting market and technology research for orthopedic technologies and companies, and RRY Publications LLC. After a successful 25 year career on Wall … Continue reading

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C. Randal Mills, Ph.D.

Dr. Mills serves as president and CEO of Osiris Therapeutics. Since arriving in 2004, he has transformed Osiris from a private, pre-clinical stage entity into the world’s leading commercial stem cell company. In 2012, Osiris received the world’s first approval … Continue reading

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Amitabha Mazumder, M.D.

Dr. Mazumder is professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, specializing in bone marrow and blood stem cell transplantation. He is director of the Multiple Myeloma Program at the New York University Cancer Center. He received a … Continue reading

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Edwin M. Horwitz, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Horwitz attended the Medical Scientist Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine (1981-1988) and simultaneously earned his Ph.D. degree in biological chemistry and his M.D. degree. He completed his training in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology at Washington University … Continue reading

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Neil K. Warma. M.B.A.

Neil K. Warma was appointed president and chief executive officer of Opexa Therapeutics, Inc., in June 2008. He has more than 19 years of executive-level experience in the life sciences industry in the United States, Europe, and Canada. Prior to … Continue reading

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Jim Danhakl, CIDP Stem Cell Therapy Patient

Jim Danhakl had no way of knowing what his future would hold when he stepped out of bed one morning in the summer of 2009. As the 51–year-old Californian got dressed, he noticed an odd tingling sensation in the toes … Continue reading

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Saud A. Sadiq, M.D.

Dr. Sadiq is the founder of a novel concept in disease-based management: to combine unparalleled, clinical care excellence with innovative research directed to establish the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) in order to ultimately find a cure. To enable realization … Continue reading

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Richard M. Cohen

Journalist and Multiple Sclerosis Patient Mr. Cohen began his network television news career at ABC News as the assistant producer of Issues and Answers in 1971. At twenty-four, he served as Ted Koppel’s floor producer for ABC News at both 1972 political … Continue reading

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The Pontifical Council for Culture and NeoStem Announce Steps Forward in their Partnership to Advance Adult Stem Cell Research

VATICAN CITY, June 16, 2011 — NeoStem, Inc. (“NeoStem” or the “Company”) (NYSE Amex: NBS), an international biopharmaceutical company with product and service revenues, global research and development capabilities and operations in three distinct business units – U.S. adult stem … Continue reading

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Wayne A. Marasco, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Marasco is an associate professor in the Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Marasco is a licensed physician-scientist with training in internal medicine and … Continue reading

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