Symposium to Honor the Contributions of Yuet Wai Kan, MBBS, DSc, FRS

Y.W. Kan’s pioneering research into the hemoglobinopathies sickle cell anemia and thalassemia has widely impacted genetic research, diagnostics, and treatment of human disease. He was the first to diagnose a human disease using DNA. His discovery of DNA polymorphism is now extensively used for genetic analysis. His current work is to investigate the treatment of these diseases using stem cell and iPS cell therapy.

We are honored to have Stuart Orkin, MD as the 2015 Charles J. and Lois B. Epstein Visiting Professor.

Featured topics will be:

- Gene Mapping
- Gene Therapy
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing

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