Bone Marrow Stem Cells/Gene Therapy

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UCLA Life Sciences Public Lecture: "Bone Marrow Stem Cells: Developing New Therapies in the Fight Against Disease"- Donald Kohn, January 18, 2011 Dr. Donald Kohn, UCLA professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, his research group at the Kohn Lab focus on developing new therapies for genetic diseases of the blood cells using gene therapy methods to correct hematopoietic stem cells. His laboratory performs studies on gene transfer, expression and immune response and then translates the findings into clinical trials. His research program also serves as a highly multi-disciplinary training environment for graduate and medical students and PhD and MD post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Kohn is also the former president of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. For more information about the Life Sciences Lecture Series please visit: http://lifesciences.ucla.edu/index.html

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