April 15, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The role of stem cells in the treatment of cancer is the subject of a Neurology Grand Rounds lecture at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as part of Brain Tumor Awareness Month in May.

The Betty Carr Lefkovits Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Jeremy N. Rich, M.D., MHS, chair of the Lerner Research Institute in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 4.

Rich will define the cancer stem-cell hypothesis and describe the potential therapeutic implications of stem cells in treating tumors.

The lecture will be in West Pavilion Conference Center Conference Room E.

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