Gene Therapy to Germline Editing: Promises, Challenges, Ethics

Date and Time

June 16, 2015
12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT

Location

Harvard Medical School, Walter Amphitheater, Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

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George Q. Daley, MD, PhD headshot

Guest speaker:
George Q. Daley, MD, PhD
HSCI Principal Faculty
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School
Samuel E. Lux IV Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Director,

Stem Cell Transplantation Program,
Boston Children's Hospital

George Q. Daley will discuss the ways that new technologies in gene therapy and gene editing are opening doors to novel treatments, but also to ethical and regulatory dilemmas.