Stem Cell and Gene Therapy - Matthew Porteus Tippi Mackenzie Matthew Spear Stephen Gottschalk
Description
Stem cells may play a critical role in treating genetic diseases. Hear from experts in the field.
Moderated by Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, Stanford University
Tippi MacKenzie, MD, UC San Francisco: Fetal Therapy for Alpha Thalassemia Major
Matthew A. Spear, MD, Poseida Therapeutics: CAR-T Cells: Poseida Therapeutics
Stephen Gottschalk, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Gene Therapy for X-linked SCID Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36351]
Almost every child born in the United States undergoes state-mandated newborn screening within the first 48 hours of life. The blood collected from a "heel stick" helps test for 80 different serious but treatable genetic disorders. These disorders can be either genetic (passed down in families)...
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