Stem Cell and Gene Therapy - Matthew Porteus Tippi Mackenzie Matthew Spear Stephen Gottschalk
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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]
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