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Mining rare genetic diseases for new biological insights

Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET)

Toronto, Canada

Mining rare genetic diseases for new biological insights

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Please join us for an exceptional opportunity to hear a research update from one of the world’s leading geneticists.

Dr. Yossi Shiloh of Tel Aviv University has dedicated his academic career to investigating a rare neurodegenerative disease – ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) – and his insights are shedding light on a host of other brain disorders, the immune system, DNA damage response and genetic predisposition to cancer and aging.

Speaker: Dr. Yossi Shiloh
Myers Professor of Cancer Genetics
The David and Inez Myers Laboratory for Cancer Research
Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry
Sackler School of Medicine
Tel Aviv University, Israel

 

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