Ashrafi, Kaveh
Barber, Diane L
Bernstein, Harold S.
Black, Brian L
Blanc, Paul D
Boushey, Homer A
Broaddus, V Courtney
Brown, James K
Caughey, George H
Chapman, Harold A
Charo, Israel F
Chatterjee, Kanu
Chuang, Pao-Tien
Clyman, Ronald I
Conklin, Bruce R
Coughlin, Shaun R
Derynck, Rik M
Dobbs, Leland G
Eisner, Mark D
Engel, Joanne N
Erle, David J
Fahy, John Vincent
Farese, Robert V
Fielding, Christopher J
Fielding, Phoebe
Fineman, Jeffrey R
Glantz, Stanton A
Grossman, William
Hawgood, Samuel
Ingraham, Holly A
Jan, Lily Y
Kan, Yuet W
Kane, John P
Kornberg, Thomas B
Kurtz, Theodore W
Kwok, Pui-Yan
Lazarus, Stephen C
Malloy, Mary J.
Martin, Gail R
Matthay, Michael A
Mcdonald, Donald M
Mikawa, Takashi
Minor, Daniel L
Mostov, Keith E
Nadel, Jay A
Ordahl, Charles P
Pitas, Robert E
Reiter, Jeremy F.
Rosen, Steven D
Shaw, Robin M.
Sheppard, Dean
Simpson, Paul C
Stainier, Didier Y. R.
Wang, Rong
Weiner, Orion D
Weisgraber, Karl H
Weiss, Arthur
Weiss, Ethan J
Werb, Zena
Wiener-Kronish, Jeanine
Young, William L

CVRI Scientists

Yuet W. Kan, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine; Louis K. Diamond Professor of Hematology

Research Interests:
The mechanisms of globin production and exploring novel ways of inserting genes into mammalian cells; investigating newer approaches for fetal diagnosis of genetic disorders

Summary:
Our laboratory is investigating the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using recombinant DNA technology. Research is being carried out on the diagnosis of genetic diseases by testing fetal cells in the maternal circulation, thus avoiding any possible risk to the unborn child. Treatment of important genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia using embryonic stem cells is being investigated, as is the treatment of coronary heart disease using gene and cell therapy.

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