Clive N. Svendsen, a highly regarded stem cell researcher, has been named director of the new Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, and will start his new position on Dec. 1, 2009.
Currently a professor of neurology and anatomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and joint leader of the widely-respected Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center at the University of Wisconsin, Svendsenâ??s groundbreaking research focuses on both modeling and treating neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrigâ??s disease) and Parkinsonâ??s disease using a combination of stem cells and powerful growth factors.