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Hanna Mikkola in a brown patterned coat stands with crossed arms, smiling in a laboratory filled with scientific equipment and supplies.
Close-up of Melvin Mann in dark blue shirt, sunglasses and straw fedora
Seersha Sulack was honored with the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at the Dodgers game on May 17. (Photo by Nick Carranza)
A collage featuring five of the children who received treatment in a gene therapy clinical trial co-led by UCLA.
collage of UCLA researchers Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D., Donald Kohn, M.D., Ph.D. and Roger Hollis, Ph.D.
a headshot of UCLA faculty Anthony Covarrubias
Jakob Guziak smiles in a grassy field.
A side by side image featuring Drs. Kohn and Rao.
Graphic illustration of CRISPR-Cas9, a customizable tool that lets scientists cut and insert small pieces of DNA at precise areas along a DNA strand.
Don Kohn smiles in a UCLA lab.