WHAT:	At next week's meeting of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, UC Davis experts will discuss state-of-the-art treatment for peripheral vascular disease and focus on the potential of stem cell and embryonic stem cell research to improve patient care in our lifetime. A patient will share personal experiences about living with peripheral vascular disease, and talk about the promise of stem cell research for treatments and a cure.

WHEN:	8 to 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2007

WHERE:	Room 204, Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St., Sacramento

BACKGROUND:	Every year, millions of Americans suffer hearts attacks, strokes, limb loss or ruptured aneurysms, often due to a vascular disease they didn't realize they had. Peripheral vascular disease is a common cause of amputation.

SPEAKERS:	Janet Wright, M.D., patient advocate and Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee board member John R. Laird, M.D., medical director, UC Davis Vascular Center Patient living with peripheral vascular disease Jan Nolta, Ph.D., director, UC Davis Stem Cell Program

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