A McGill Distinguished Lecture in Human Genetics
The Lady Davis Institute and the 香蕉视频-G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre
present
A McGill Distinguished Lecture in Human Genetics
Using genetics, epigenetics, and editing to reactivate fetal hemoglobin for therapy
Stuart H. Orkin, MD
Stuart H Orkin is Chair of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an HHMI Investigator.
His achievements include dissection of the molecular basis of the thalassemia, positional cloning of the first human disease gene, cloning of the first master regulator of blood cell development, and identification of a major silencer of fetal hemoglobin expression. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, his many awards include the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal of the National Academy for 鈥渋mportant contributions to the medical sciences鈥�.
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