Opening Remarks

• Gary S. Firestein (University of California, San Diego Clinical Investigation Institute), Juan Carlos Lopez (Nature Medicine)

CARDIOVASCULAR

• Chair: Michael Basson (Nature Medicine)

• Stanley L. Hazen (Cleveland Clinic)
• "Myeloperoxidase and Impairment in HDL Function During Atherosclerosis"

• David Kass (Johns Hopkins University)
• "Nitric Oxide Function in the Vasculature"

• Stephen J. Nicholls (Cleveland Clinic)
• "Ultrasound as a Biomarker for Atherosclerosis"

METABOLISM

• Chair: Laura Dugan (University of California, San Diego)

• Clay Semenkovich (Washington University School of Medicine)
• "Mechanisms of the Metabolic Syndrome"

• Glenn Cunningham (Baylor College of Medicine)
• "Late Onset Male Hypogonadism: Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy"

• Nancy Thornberry (Merck Research Laboratories)
• "Diaminopeptidase Inhibitors for Diabetes in the Elderly"

SUCCESSFUL COGNITIVE AGING

• Chair: Fred H. Gage (Salk Institute)

• Mark Mattson (National Institute on Aging)
• "Calorie Restriction and the Nervous System"

• Dilip Jeste (University of California, San Diego)
• "From Genes to Behavior to Genes"

• Lon Schneider (University of Southern California)
• "Do Anti-dementia Drugs Really Work?"

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

• Chair: Eric Daniels (Cytori Therapeutics)

• Steven Artandi (Stanford University)
• "Stem Cells and Aging"

• Stephanie Dimmeler (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
• "Stem Cell Transplant in the Heart"

• Two Abstract Presentations

IMMUNOLOGY

• Chair: Salvatore Albani (University of California, San Diego Clinical Investigation Institute)

• Charles Dinarello (University of Colorado School of Medicine)
• "Cytokines as Mediators of Inflammation and the Aging Process"

• Joel Buxbaum (Scripps Research Institute)
• "Why Aging T Cells Fail: Implications for Vaccination"

• Two Abstract Presentations

MUSCULOSKELETAL AGING AND REPAIR

• Chair: Anthony Manning (Biogen Idec)

• David Glass (Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research)
• "Mechanisms of Muscle Atrophy"

• Richard F. Loeser, MD (Wake Forest University Health Sciences)
• "Molecular Mechanisms of Cartilage Destruction: Mechanics, Inflammatory Mediators, and Aging Collide"

• Nancy E. Lane (University of California, Davis)
• "Managing the Aging Skeleton: Challenges of Clinical Trial Design"

Final Adjournment