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Editing genes at the source

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Breakthrough research shows that stem cell genes can be edited in living systems New research led by HSCI Executive Committee member Amy Wagers has demonstrated that gene-editing machinery can be delivered straight to stem cells where they live, rather...

Gene-Editing: Therapeutic Strategies for Muscle Disease

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Guest speaker: Amy Wagers, PhD Program of the Harvard Alumni Association. Registration and $5.00 fee is required of all, though Harvard students are admitted free of charge. A leader in the field of stem cell biology, Dr. Amy Wagers has done...

Gene Therapy to Germline Editing: Promises, Challenges, Ethics

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George Q. Daley, an HSCI Principal Faculty member, discusses how new technologies in gene therapy and gene editing are opening doors to novel treatments.

Making the Cut: Promises and Challenges of Gene Editing

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Free and open to the public. Registration is required. We welcome and encourage students (of all levels and institutions) to attend our events. If you are a student, click here to register. All other attendees, click here to register. Gene editing, a...

Gene Therapy to Germline Editing: Promises, Challenges, Ethics

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Talks@12 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...

E8 Flex and CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing

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"Lunch and Learn" with Thermo Fisher Scientific Presentation Content: • Defined PSC Culture Systems o Essential 8 flex weekend free media o Vitronectin and laminin substrates • CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing o Streamline cell engineering by eliminating...

Gene therapies

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The goal of gene therapy is to replace problematic gene sequences with healthy ones, effectively stopping a disease at its source. Corrected genes are inserted into a patient’s cell, triggering that cell to make the right protein at the right time. One of...

Gene Transfer and Gene Editing for Cancer Immunotherapy

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Guest speaker: Chiara Bonini San Raffael Milan

Harvard’s Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee chair Robert Truog talks about recent gene editing of human embryos

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HMS bioethicist Robert Truog talks with the Harvard Gazette about the recent announcement by Oregon Health & Science University that scientists there had edited the genes of human embryos to remove the cause of a deadly disease. Truog is the director of...

Cell Symposia: Gene- and Cell-Based Therapies: CRISPR, Stem Cells, and Beyond

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Abstract submission deadline is November 1, 2019. Organizers: Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley, UCSF Gladstone Institutes Luigi Naldini, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy April Pawluk, Cell Jonathan...

Harvard researchers genetically ‘edit’ human blood stem cells

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A possible new approach to treating HIV/AIDS Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Massachusetts General (MGH) and Boston Children’s hospitals for the first time have used a relatively new gene-editing technique to create what could prove to...

Embryo Editing for Reproduction and Research

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Ethical Frontiers in Biotechnology Register here for this free event. Embryo Editing for Reproduction and Research The first publication on human embryo editing was presented by a group of Chinese scientists in 2015. Since then, several similar research...