The chair of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation will give the keynote address at the World Stem Cell Summit in Madison at the end of September.
The university announced Wednesday that Peter Kiernan, III, will speak at the summit, which will be held Sept. 22 and 23 at the Alliant Energy Center.
We are very honored that Peter Kiernan will address the summit,"" Bernard Siegel, executive director of the Genetics Policy Institute and co-chair of the World Stem Cell Summit, said in a statement.
""Both Christopher and Dana Reeve remain heroes to the millions of patients who believe that regenerative medicine offers hope to finding a cure for paralysis and a host of other afflictions. The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation remains true to its founders' legacy by funding critical stem cell research.""
The UW Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, WiCell Research Institute and the Genetics Policy Institute have partnered to organize the event.
