Fanconi Hope is one of the Sponsors of BSGT Conference

Fanconi Hope is one of a number of groups sponsoring the British Society of Gene Therapy Annual Conference to be held in London, 29th -31st March. The event is chaired by Professor Adrian Thrasher, the BSGT President, who some of you may recall, gave a presentation at our last Family Meeting.

Thomas Carroll, our Chairman, will be giving a talk entitled “Fanconi…hope: from ‘Saviour Sibling’ to gene therapy” on Monday 31st March and Dr Juan Bueren, who also presented at our Family Meeting will be talking on Wed 31st March on “Gene Therapy and Cell Reprogramming Approaches in Fanconi Anemia”

Fanconi Hope, who have Trustee membership of the BSGT, are sponsoring Dr Bueren’s attendance expenses and paying for a ‘bag drop’ which allows us to disseminate targetted Fanconi Hope literature to all those involved in Gene Therapy. This material will seek to persuade them to consider using Fanconi Anaemia as a basis for Gene Therapy research and trials.

Dr Bueren and Prof Thrasher in a meeting with Fanconi Hope Trustees last year