(GlaxoSmithKline, UK). The aim of my PhD research was to improve targeted retroviral vectors used in gene therapy. Then I started studying herpesviruses, working first with Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
protocols are used to generate proximal and distal respiratory epithelium from hiPSCs. CRISPR/Cas9 based gene editing will be applied to knock out NRF2, which induces a major cytoprotective program and is the
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exon 12, a heterozygous in-frame deletion in exon 3 and a missense mutation in exon 11 of the BMPR2 gene. Stem Cell Res. 2021;55:102488. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34388490/ . Kokeny G, Calvier L, Hansmann
Institute for Experimental Hematology as a W3 professor and world-renowned researcher in cell and gene therapy in the blood-forming system. As a research dean, he headed the research commission of the
Central PMCID: PMC5460037 2016: Georgiev H, Ravens I, Benarafa C, Förster R, Bernhardt G. Distinct gene expression patterns correlate with developmental and functional traits of iNKT subsets. Nat Commun
molecular genetics required for validated genotype-phenotype correlation analysis and the search for new genes. The parallel establishment of a biobank as a platform for disease-specific translational research [...] are very rare diseases and are often triggered by monogenetic mutations in certain immunoregulatory genes. The GAIN project aims to examine pathophysiology and identify new genetic causes. A patient registry
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