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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Gene-Editing:  Therapeutic Strategies for Muscle Disease
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SUMMARY:Gene-Editing:  Therapeutic Strategies for Muscle Disease
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<strong><span style="color:#68a7bb;">Guest speaker:</span>   </strong>                                                 <drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="11ade4c6-7198-4c1b-8046-96c62e84b71f" data-align="left" alt="Image for Wagers Sept. 6 seminar" data-view-mode="hwp_small"></drupal-media><br><em><strong>Amy Wagers, PhD</strong></em></p><p>	Program of the Harvard Alumni Association. </p><p>	<a data-url="https://huevents.harvard.edu/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x357409062" href="https://huevents.harvard.edu/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x357409062" target="_blank" title="">Registration and $5.00 fee is required of all, though Harvard students are admitted free of charge.</a></p><p>	 </p><p>	<span>A leader in the field of stem cell biology, Dr. Amy Wagers has done groundbreaking research to uncover new migratory pathways and signaling networks that regulate the functioning of blood-forming and muscle-forming stem cells. Understanding how these cells function and how to manipulate them could lead to better treatments for a range of diseases including diabetes, anemia, and muscular dystrophy.</span></p><p>	<span><span style='NewRoman",serif'>Join the Harvard Alumni Association and Professor Wagers for an evening discussion of stem cells, gene-editing, muscle diseases, and the potential therapeutic benefits that stem cell gene editing may have for these diseases.</span></span></p>
LOCATION:Harvard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA
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