Blood and Immune System Disorders - Crystal Mackall Alysia Vaccaro Jennifer Puck Donald Kohn Mark Walters
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What impacts has stem cell research made for blood and immune system disorders? Hear the latest from experts in the field. Moderated by Crystal Mackall, MD, Stanford University Alysia Vaccaro: Patient Perspective Jennifer M Puck, MD, UC San Francisco: Gene Therapy for Artemis Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (ART-SCID) Donald B. Kohn, MD, UCLA: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Primary Immune Deficiencies Mark C. Walters, MD, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland: Gene correction in Sickle Cell Disease Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 36332]
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