Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (AST)

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Asterias Biotherapeutics to Participate in Live Google Hangout Discussion of Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury

Jane S. Lebkowski, Ph.D., Asterias' President of Research and Development, will participate in a live Google Hangout session presented by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) discussing the latest progress in stem cell-based therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI).

The CIRM Google Hangout session is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, 2014, from 12:00 to 1:00pm PT (3:00 to 4:00pm ET). To access the event, please visit http://bit.ly/1sh1Dsm.

The session will include a discussion of Asterias' CIRM-funded Phase 1/2a dose escalation clinical trial for SCI. In addition to Dr. Lebkowski, participants include Roman Reed, a tireless advocate for stem cell research and SCI treatments, and Kevin Whittlesey, Ph.D., a CIRM science officer. Mr. Reed will provide the patient advocate community's perspectives, and Dr. Whittlesey will discuss other CIRM-funded research that aims to better understand SCI and to bring stem cell-based therapies to clinic trials.