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UCLA cancer researchers and study co-authors (from left) Evan Abt PhD, Thuc Le PhD and Khalid Rashid PhD
Three UCLA researchers pictured in 3 panels
Grace McAuley and Dr. Donald Kohn at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy Annual Meeting
Human blood stem cells emerging from specialized endothelial cells in the wall of an embryonic aorta. UCLA scientists’ confirmation of this process clarifies a longstanding controversy about the stem cells’ cellular origin.
Marley Gaskins Collage
Graphic representation of CRISPR-Cas9 repairing the mutation in the gene that causes sickle cell disease (shown in light blue).
Photograph of Evangelina Vaccaro running at the beach
Headshot of Dinesh Rao in lab coat
Six of the children who received treatment at UCLA through the gene therapy clinical trials.