Editas Medicine Appoints Akshay Vaishnaw, M.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors
“I am delighted to welcome Akshay to our board of directors,” said
“Editas is at the forefront of the genome editing field, which is advancing at a tremendous pace and has the potential to help people with many different serious genetic diseases,” said Dr. Vaishnaw. “I am excited to join the board and to help guide Editas into the future.”
Dr. Vaishnaw has served as Alnylam’s Executive Vice President of Research and Development since
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