The UK's leading supporters of stem-cell research will call for substantial private and public funding next month at a conference organised by the Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC).
The conference has been organised as part of the OIBC's efforts to promote the understanding of stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
One of President Obama's first acts after taking office was to lift the ban on abortion funding and hint at a softer approach to stem cell research.
US regulators immediately cleared the way for the world's first study on embryonic stem cell therapy.
The new approach replaced years of opposition by the Bush administration, which opposed stem cell studies on moral and ethical grounds.
Among the speakers at the event will be Bristol University's professor Martin Birchall, who cultivated the stem cells used in the first ever successful tracheal transplant.
Other contributors will include Ruth Deech, who will be addressing top academics with a speech on embryonic stem cell research; and Oxford University's Professor Zhan Feng Cui, the first professor of chemical engineering to engage in tissue engineering and bio-processing.
