Chaired by William Figg, NCI

Conference Room E1/E2, Natcher Conference Center

This symposium will focus on the role angiogenesis plays in the development and progression of diseases. The emphasis of these lectures will look at the biology of endothelial cells from different perspectives (e.g., cancer, wound healing, cardiovascular). Some attention will be given in this symposium to the development of agonist and antagonist.

Program:

TIMP-2: Novel Strategies for Inhibition of Tumor Angiogenesis
Bill Stetler-Stevenson, NCI

Thymosin Beta 4 in Wound Healing and Hair Growth
Hynda Kleinman, NIDCR

Vascular Biology and Cell Cycle
Elizabeth Nabel, NHLBI

Functionality of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration: Correlation with Neovascular Phenotype Characteristics
Karl Csaky, NEI