Genomics Expert Webinar 3: Spinal muscular atrophy
- Published on
- 9th March 2023
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- Learning and Development
Following on from the first two live broadcasts in the series of LinkAGE (Linking Academia with Genomics Education) webinars, the Genomics Education Programme is pleased to announce details of the upcoming third webinar.
The next webinar and Q&A session will be broadcast live on Thursday 9th March at 5:30pm, will discuss Spinal muscular atrophy and nusinersen and will be presented by the Royal London Hospital consultant paediatric neurologist Dr Louise Hartley.
The webinar and Q&A will:
- explain the genetic basis for spinal muscular atrophy and the resultant spectrum of disease, including the prodromal phase; and
- discuss the mechanism of action of the three new treatments now available to treat SMA; and
- appreciate the range of effectiveness of the treatments and the role of each in the treatment of SMA.
If you would like to reserve your place for this exciting talk, please complete the registration form today.
We would like to offer our sincere apologies to all of those to registered for our second LinkAGE webinar covering CRISPR, but were unable to join due to an error with the webinar links. A link to the recording will be circulated shortly. For those who missed the first webinar you can view a recording of the Introduction to gene-directed therapies now.
Find out more details about the LinkAGE series on the GEP news page.
