Gene Therapy: A Promising Approach for The Epilepsies? - José M Serratosa
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What does the future for epilepsy treatments hold?! Epileptologist José M Serratosa shares his predictions for epilepsy gene therapies; highlighting the importance of addressing all symptoms - including cognitive, motor, and psychiatric - as well as the seizures. Jose explains the role of viral vectors and how they may save people! This is part 1 of 2 with José - in part 2, the conversation goes into the challenges of research clinical trials for these therapies; from basic, to pre-clinical, to clinical! ------------------------------------------ 🔗 Transcription & more about José: 👇🏻 https://www.torierobinson.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/jose-m-serratosa-future-epilepsy-gene-therapies  ----------------------------------------- Don’t understand all the terms used? Check out the Epilepsy Sparks Glossary! 👇🏻 https://www.epilepsysparks.com/glossary  ------------------------------------------ 📲 Join me on social media! - X: https://twitter.com/torierobinson10  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/torierobinson  - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torierobinson10  - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TorieRobinsonSpeaker  - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@torierobinson10        #epilepsy #genetherapy #genetics #vectors #viralvectors #lafora 
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