Blood and Immune System Disorders - Crystal Mackall Alysia Vaccaro Jennifer Puck Donald Kohn Mark Walters
Description
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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