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News Article on Pat Girondi. Gene Therapy Trial Closer.

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Andy Battaglia:
Lena,

Dr Sadelain is working at Sloan Kettering in New York City. Dr Stamatoyannopoulos is working in Seattle, Washington. Dr Stamatoyannopoulos was the moderator at the gene therapy conference in NYC in February, where Dr Sadelain gave his talk. They have worked towards production of the vector for many years. There has been a large team of people responsible for the different phases which have brought them to the point where the vector will be used in a human in trials in the US this year and both doctors have played key roles in this work. I have heard that the trials will eventually take place in more than one location in the US and Washington may be one of these locations.

Lena:
Thanks Andy,

Dr Stamatoyannopoulos, as you may know, is Greek and he took part in the Panhellenic Conference held in Greece in May for Thalassaemia Day. He announced that phase two clinical trials on a human are to be made by the end of next year here in a hospital in Thessaloniki (the one and only hospital in Greece where his team is working). It is good, though, that there is another team as well on gene therapy projects.
I am sure both scientists excell on their work and we are all holding our breath waiting for results.

Lena.

suk838:
that's a good news.

T @ r ! Q:
 :pray :pray :pray

Canadian_Family:
Hopes are high. Thanks for the update.

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