Victoria Gray was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) at 3-months of age and has dealt with the condition her whole life. In hopes it would improve her day-to-day life, she chose to be the first patient in a clinical trial using CRISPR to treat SCD. Read the...
“The Forum on Healthcare Innovation: Technology and the Future of Healthcare Delivery” was hosted by Jackson Laboratories in Farmington, CT on the UCONN Health campus on October 25-26, 2017. The conference was full of healthcare innovators and professionals and...
On a sunny Saturday in June, geneticists, genetic counselors, professors, researchers and students gathered at the University of Connecticut to learn about a new scientific technology that has the world talking. This technology has become the new star in genetic...
Last Updated: January 3, 2019 Does “gene editing” make you think of designer babies? But what if, instead of selecting for ‘desired’ traits, the edits were used to prevent serious, debilitating, and life-threatening conditions and diseases? CRISPR technology may...
