AMDeC

Based on the latest data from AMDeC’s ROAD Project, seven abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the 2010 Annual PAS and Endocrine Society Meetings. 

The three abstracts that will be presented at the 2010 PAS Annual Meeting from May 1st through 4th in Vancouver highlight novel and more sensitive methods of assessing the risk factors for multiple adiposity-related co-morbidities in children. These abstracts and their respective presenters/first authors are:

Dr. Maria K. Mitchell, Ph.D., kicked-off the 5th Annual Stem Cell Summit on February 16 in New York City and offered a New York perspective on stem cell research and development.

The annual Stem Cell Summit brings the leading industry, investment, and research innovators of the rapidly expanding and highly competitive stem cell field together for one day.  The 2010 Summit focused on the latest challenges in commercializing stem cell products and featured 35 corporate presenters.  For more information, please visit: www.stemcellsummit.com.

Fitness/education intervention phase of fourth study year set to kick-off in February for AMDeC’s ROAD (Reduce Obesity and Diabetes) project involving ethnically diverse student population.

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2010 – AMDeC, the Academy for Medical Development and Collaboration, announced today a February kick-off for the fitness/education intervention phase of the fourth study year of the innovative ROAD (Reduce Obesity and Diabetes) project involving an ethnically diverse student population in New York.