Cancer: Do the answers lie within our own tissues?
Monday, November 2, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Le Pub Saint-Patrick
1200 rue Saint-Jean, Quebec City
RSVP: ic.icr@mcgill.ca
Medical researchers are making more and more use of human biological materials to better understand diseases, including cancer. Biobanks are collections of samples of human material – such as tissue, blood, saliva, and DNA – provided by subjects who have consented for them to be used for research purposes. Data obtained using samples from biobanks are enabling cancer researchers to improve existing treatments, to discover new medications, to develop new diagnostic tools, and even to analyze the risks of genetic diseases with a view toward preventive medicine. Thus biobanks are having a huge impact on health research and patient care. But they are also raising many ethical questions about protecting the rights of the subjects who have provided the samples, as well as the confidentiality of their data. Come discuss it with the experts.
Join us for a lively discussion about what the most recent health research has revealed. This event is presented by the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research and is designed for the general public. Admission is free, but the number of seats is limited. Presentations will be in French only.
Moderator:
Jacques Corbeil, PhD
Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in Medical Genomics, Professor,
Université Laval, Department of Molecular Medicine, CHUQ Research Centre
Experts:
Jacques Simard, PhD, FACSS
Chairholder of the Canada
Research Chair in Oncogenetics
Professor, Université Laval
CHUQ Research Centre
Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, PhD
Director, FRSQ Cancer Research
Network and Scientific Director,
Institut du cancer de Montréal
Daniel Gaudet, MD, PhD
Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in Preventive Genetics and Community Genomics
Professor of Medicine Université de Montréal