Items Tagged ‘Dr. Saad Kenderian’
November 19, 2018
Gene therapy: potential and pitfalls
Research is advancing gene therapy as a possible treatment or eventual cure for genetic diseases that bedevil modern science. Gene therapy was conceived over 20 years ago, and until recently, remained largely in the research lab. But gene therapy products are now beginning to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clinical […]
Tags: #Brittle bone disease, #CAR T-cell therapy, #Dr. David Deyle, #gene therapy, Dr. Saad Kenderian, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, medical research
July 23, 2018
Meet Saad Kenderian: Using the body to recognize and attack cancer
For as long as he can remember, Saad Kenderian, M.B., Ch.B., wanted to be a physician. Nothing could blunt his resolve –not even when improvised explosive devices, bombs and trappings of war put the medical school in his native Baghdad, Iraq, on a brief hiatus. It is with that same determination he leads Mayo Clinic’s […]
Tags: #CAR T-cell therapy, #leukemia, Dr. Saad Kenderian, immunotherapy, lymphoma, mayo clinic, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine