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One Shot Medicine: Gene therapy and gene editing (inSight)


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  • Date: September 3, 2017 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Venue: Queenstown Memorial Centre
  • Categories: Catalyst Trust, inSight
  • Tags: genetics, inSight

Can we get ahead of getting sick? Gene therapy and editing are the future of medicine. Chronic conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease may one day be cured by a single injection.
 
Dr Stephanie Hughes from the University of Otago’s Department of Biochemistry explains the science behind the hype and describe how this dream might become reality.

Stephanie Hughes

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