Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a strategy to treat two of the most common inherited blood diseases, sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, applying CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to patients' own blood stem cells.
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The Go4theGoal Foundation (G4TG) recently awarded Brian Crompton, MD, of the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, a $50,000 research grant.
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announced that Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD, is the recipient of its 2019 Tobias Award Lecture.
Pre-treatment with an antibody-drug combination avoids side effects in mice; could substitute for current toxic regimens using chemotherapy or radiation
Multi-center study led by Dana-Farber/Boston Children's contributes to FDA approval of a new treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
The research will focus on adapting gene therapy for use in low-resource areas with high rates of the disease.
In this Vector report, research finds that drugs targeting the TP53 pathway can curb tumor cell proliferation in Ewing sarcoma.
A patient with a severe form of sickle cell disease is symptom-free after gene therapy knocks down BCL11A and restores fetal hemoglobin production.
The federal Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot program has awarded two grants of $2.5 million over five years to two research teams led by scientists from Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
Kean will assume overall leadership in the program’s clinical practice and research in coordination with the Clinical Director, Leslie Lehmann, MD.