The Goodall residency at Chatham Hall, sponsored by the Partridge
Foundation, follows previous meetings between Chatham Hall students and Nobel
Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, former Irish president Mary Robinson, poet Nikki
Giovanni, biologists from the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, and
other leaders-in-residence.
As a result of this partnership, the Teaching and Research Institute of
the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital will be part of an international network of
neuroscience institutes created by Dr. Nicolelis with headquarters in
Lausanne, Switzerland.

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With the help of specialists from the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital on the
surgical team , within about three years, the first operation in the world to
implant a neuro-prosthesis (brain -machine interface) to restore mobility to
the arms of a patient with severe body paralysis should take place.

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Gary Fountain, head of Chatham Hall, said, "Dr.Va.
"This is a major milestone for Brazilian science.

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Miguel Nicolelis, Professor
of Neurobiology and Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of the
Neuroengineering Center of Duke University, signed an agreement on behalf of
the Alberto Santos Dumont Association to Support Research (Associacao Alberto
Santos Dumont de Apoio a Pesquisa - AASDAP) with the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital
to provide for the first operation on a human that will allow the patient's
brain to control robotic arms. Miguel Nicolelis is responsible for one
of the greatest discoveries in neurology in recent years, the experiment that
opened the way for the creation of robotic arms controlled by the "force of
mind.liebertpub.D., of
the University of New Orleans and the Oregon National Primate Research
Center, and authors of the paper entitled , "Challenges of Primate
Embryonic Stem Cell Research."
"In this Opinion Piece, the authors make a powerful case for
additional research with non-human primate embryo stem cells in
parallel with those on human embryo stem and adult stem cells," says
Ian Wilmut, Ph.

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CHATHAM, Va . Goodall's interaction
with our students, and their multifaceted preparation for her visit, reflect
an ideal learning model for girls in the 21st century -- education that is
both traditional and cutting-edge, and that engages students directly with the
great issues and great leaders of our world . The network will include the Neuroengineering Center
of Duke University, the Neurocomputation Center of the University of
Jerusalem, the International Neurosciences Institute of Natal, Brazil, and the
Syrian-Lebanese Hospital -- the only clinical partner in the network. The
Institute will have some 15 research labs for neuroscience research, a school
and a mental health center for infants and youths, science museum, nature
park, and sports complex. According to the CEO of the Syrian -Lebanese Hospital,
Mauricio Ceschin, "The agreement reinforces the character of the Institution
as a center of excellence focused on health, teaching and research."
Nicolelis and his team at Duke University developed a system that allows
monkeys to control the arm of a robot by means of brain signals: brain
impulses are converted into mathematical commands that can be interpreted by a
computer , allowing the animals to control movements.com.br
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groups of students and teachers are studying how Goodall's work has changed
the study of animal behavior; Goodall's work with anthropologist Louis Leakey;
and key women in primatology including Goodall, Dian Fossey, and others.
The 54,000-square-meter facility employs 2,500 people, including the most
qualified physicians in 60 areas of specialization , 277 beds, two surgical
wards, two intensive care units, and capacity for fifty operations per day .
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Institute. "The present culture regimes are known
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(Photo: http://www. The Syrian-Lebanese Hospital will donate one
million dollars to the social projects of the Institute over the next three
years.

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students strong academics in every discipline , advanced facilities and
programs for science, riding, and independent study, rich extracurricular
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, April 11-12 , the renowned
conservationist and United Nations Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE,
will be in residency at Chatham Hall, the all-girls college preparatory
boarding school in Chatham, Va .
Goodall, who established the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to support
research at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve, is the author of numerous
books including "In the Shadow of Man," "Through a Window," and "Reason for
Hope," as well as several children's books.

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Chatham Hall will host a lecture and book-
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With this agreement, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital will be the first
nongovernmental Brazilian organization to contribute to the International
Neurosciences Institute, to be built in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
"As the authors point out, working with an experimental animal is
the only way to gain all the information needed about the biology of
normal stem cells in a primate.

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Commonly studied mouse ES cells are not very good models for human
ES cells, and research on mouse cells makes a limited contribution to
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Goodall has been the subject of
numerous television documentaries and is featured in the IMAX film, "Jane
Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees." A new program, "When Animals Talk," will appear
June 12 on the Discovery Channel's Animal Planet.D.

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Y. Furthermore, it would be possible to
assess the use of cells to treat disease in an animal model with
similar physiology to humans and a longer lifespan than the mouse.liebertpub.

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Goodall , whose work with chimpanzees in East Africa beginning in 1960
redefined the boundaries between humans and other animals, will spend two days
meeting and talking with students.

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Students are accepted at
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chathamhall.- ---Studying the
embryonic stem (ES) cells of primates in parallel with ongoing
research on human ES cells will accelerate the knowledge gained,
improve techniques for working with ES cells, and maximize the
potential for developing powerful new therapies to treat human
degenerative diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
disease, according to a provocative report to be published in the
Summer 2005 (Volume 7, Number 2) issue of Cloning and Stem Cells, a
peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.D.liebertpub.

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, Georgetown, Johns
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Miguel Nicolelis -- World-renowned Brazilian Neuroscientist -- to Perform the
First Operation on a Human That Will Allow the Brain to Control Robotic Arms

SAO PAULO, Brazil, The Teaching and Research
Institute of the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo (Instituto de Ensino e
Pesquisa do Hospital Sirio-Libanes) announced today a unique scientific
agreement in Brazil. As all human embryo stem cells are
obtained from embryos produced during in vitro fertilization
procedures , it is possible that they are all affected by the period of
embryo culture," Wilmut says.

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Primatologist Jane Goodall Will Meet with Chatham Hall Students

This is the first
scientific-social partnership on this scale in our history, which shows that
cutting-edge science can be an agent for social transformation in Brazil,"
said Nicolelis. Intensive research and
protocol development using ES cells derived from rhesus monkey embryos
would greatly contribute to and accelerate the optimization of
techniques for transforming human stem cells into safe and functional
cells, tissues, and organs for replacement therapy.

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About the Hospital Sirio-Libanes
The Hospital Sirio-Libanes (Syrian-Lebanese Hospital) is one of the most
important hospitals in Brazil and Latin America, the product of philanthropy
consolidated with cutting-edge technology, qualified professionals, patient
respect, and continuous expansion.