British Society for Gene Therapy Conference Report

Thomas Carroll and Bob Dalgleish of Fanconi Hope attended the British Society for Gene Therapy’s Annual Conference in London on March 29th. Thomas Carroll spoke at the invitation of the BSGT president, Professor Adrian Thrasher on the Public Engagement Day on ”Fanconi…hope: from ‘Saviour Sibling’ to gene therapy”. Thomas attended for the whole duration of the 3 day conference and was able to meet with a large number of researchers in the gene therapy community to promote the concept of using FA as a target for their research. Fanconi Hope’s sponsorship of the event, entailed covering travel expenses for Dr Juan Bueren, one of the world’s leading researchers of gene therapy in Fanconi Anaemia, who presented on his ground-breaking work. Fanconi Hope also paid for a ‘bag drop’ which allowed us to target the gene therapy research community with an information sheet to encourage them to consider using FA as the basis of their research.

Fanconi Hope has Trustee membership of the BSGT and is now an official charity sponsor. Our logo can now be seen on their Charity partners web page. We recognise the tremendous significance of gene therapy as a potential cure for FA and are seeking to expedite the move from basic research to clinical trials through helping to link relevant groups and individuals and through lobbying for Eu funding to support trials.


Our Information Sheet for the Gene Therapy research community	Thomas Carroll presenting on “Fanconi…hope: from ‘Saviour Sibling’ to gene therapy”	Thomas (left) in discussion withProf Adrian Thrasher (2nd L), current BSGT president and Prof Len Seymour, past president.(on right)