Geneva conference to bring benefits of basic research to medicine
Geneva conference to bring benefits of basic research to medicine. Geneva, 20 February 2012. A new kind of conference will be launched next week in Geneva, uniting physics, biology and medicine for better healthcare. Starting on 27 February, the ICTR-PHE conference brings together the long established International Conference on Translational Research in Radiation Oncology, which has been held every three years from 2000, with CERN 1 's Physics for Health workshop, which was launched in 2010. A press conference will be held at 10:15 on 29 February at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), and there will be a public lecture from renowned human oncologist Søren M. Bentzen at 6:30pm on Tuesday 28 February. "We hope to create a global network in which information between scientists from the various disciplines can be successfully exchanged," said Jacques Bernier, conference co-chair and head of Radiotherapy at Geneva's Genolier Clinic. "The common effort of all the parties involved will maximize the effect of the therapy and improve the quality of life of patients." "The reason for bringing the two conferences together is to catalyze stimulating exchanges and interactions between experts in various fields, from biology and physics to clinical medicine," added Manjit Dosanjh, CERN's Life Sciences advisor and the conference's other co-chair.
