Fwd: SCLERODERMA Presentationm A Breakthrough Process to Stop/Reverse Fibrosis
Sharon Howard
From: Wferguson3@aol.com
Date: Aug 30, 2012 7:31:32 PM
Subject: SCLERODERMA Presentationm A Breakthrough Process to Stop/Reverse Fibrosis
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Washington DC Scleroderma Chapter of Greater Washington
Presentation by
Carol F-Bostwick, Ph.D
University of Pittburg
a breakthrough process
to stop/reverse fibrosis
RSVP: If plan to come, please EMAIL respond with
number of attendees to:
solomonnewjerusalem@hotmail.com
Please mark your calendars & print this notice.
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012. Time: 10:00 AM--2:00 PM.
Location: Holiday Inn Express
6401 Brandon Avenue
Springfield, VA 22150
Hotel Front Desk: 1-703-644-5555
Our speaker, Dr. Carol Feghali-Bostwick and fellow researchers haveidentified an agent, peptide or E4, that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately end in organ failure and even death because the damaged tissue becomes scarred and can no longer function properly. Excerpts from the research from McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine:
“The skin and lungs of mice were protected from cell death and tissue scarring by a single injection of E4 administered 5 or 8 days after they were given the cancer drug bleomycin, which is known to induce fibrosis. The peptide also could reverse scarring that had already occurred, the researchers found. In a unique approach, the investigators also tested E4 in human skin maintained in the laboratory to confirm it would be effective in treating fibrosis in a human tissue. E4 blocked new and ongoing fibrosis in human skin. “
Attachments describe research and results. Join us with your supporters for this exciting breakthrough research to keep informed. Lunch at hotel is included. Please come!
Presenter:
Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Co-Director, Scleroderma Center
Division of PACCM
Department of Medicine
628 NW MUH
3459 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Tel: 412-624-7225
Fax:412-692-2260
For more information, or if you would like to have us take you off our email list, please contact: Walter Ferguson, telephone: (703) 378-5708, email: wferguson3@aol.com
Directions to Holiday Inn Express Springfield, Va
From Areas North (such as Baltimore area)
- Take I95-South toward Virginia/Richmond
- Take exit 27 to merge onto 495-West toward Silver Spring
- Take exit 57A to access VA644-E; Old Keene Mill/Brandon Ave. Very soon after that..
- Take exit 169B for Brandon Ave
- IMMEDIATELY make a right into hotel parking lot after getting off exit ramp
From Washington DC/Arlington area
- Take 395 South toward Richmond
- Follow signs for 95 South & Springfield Va
- Take exit 1B toward Springfield *old keene mill and Brandon Ave*. Very soon after that..
- Take exit 169B for Brandon Ave.
- Make right into hotel parking lot IMMEDIATELY after getting off exit ramp
From Areas South of Springfield (such as Richmond)
- Take 95 North towards Baltimore
- Take exit 169A towards Franconia Rd
- Make a left at the light onto Loisdale Rd (you will pass shopping mall on right)
- As you re-approach signs for 95, follow the sign for Commerce St/495N
- Be in the middle lane as you approach highway signs, continuing onto Commerce St.
- At bottom of bridge, make a Left onto Brandon Ave, *you’ll see a Dunkin Donuts*
- Hotel will be on your left.
If need further help with directions, please to call hotel: 703-644-5555
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