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Medical Breakthroughs
Medical breakthroughs are paving the way for possible new treatments of a myriad of disorders. Recent studies have reported that there may be ways for spinal cords to regenerate. That could lead to treatments for the hundreds of thousands of people in this country alone who have spinal cord injuries. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll take a look at recent medical news, including advances in gene therapy.
Guests:
Dr. Wise Young
Department of Neurosurgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY
Nurit Kalderon
Visiting Investigator
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Dr. Jeffrey Leiden
Rawson Professor of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Dr. Hansell Stedman
Member, Institute for Human Gene Therapy
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
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