Editas Medicine Announces Presentations at Upcoming Scientific Conferences
“The data to be presented at ASGCT and ARVO will show the broad promise of Editas’ pipeline and the productivity of our genome editing platform,” said
Following is a schedule of the Company’s presentations at ASGCT, including links to the abstracts:
Oral Presentation:
CRISPR/Cas9 Mediates Highly Efficient Gene Editing in Long-Term Engrafting Human Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells
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Location:
Session Info: Targeted Genome Editing: Methods and Technology
Poster Presentations:
Therapeutic Correction of an LCA-Causing Splice Defect in the CEP290 Gene by CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Editing
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Location: Exhibit Hall C & B South
Session Info: Targeted Genome Editing I
Screening S. Aureus CRISPR-Cas9 paired-guide RNAs for efficient targeted deletion in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Date/Time:
Location: Exhibit Hall C & B South
Session Info: Targeted Genome Editing II
Successful Generation of CAR+PD-1- Primary T Cells Using Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing
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Location: Exhibit Hall C & B South
Session Info: Targeted Genome Editing III
DNA Ends Matter: The Impact of Using CRISPR/Cas9 Variants on DNA Repair Pathway Choices and Editing Profiles at the HBB Locus
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Location: Exhibit Hall C & B South
Session Info: Targeted Genome Editing III
Following is a schedule of the Company’s poster presentation at ARVO, including a link to the abstract:
Therapeutic Correction of an LCA-Causing Splice Defect in the CEP290 Gene by CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Editing
Date/Time:
Location: Exhibit/Poster Hall C0001-C0042
Session Info: Poster Session – Biochemistry/Molecular Biology: Gene editing and therapies
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