| | University of California San Fraciscso Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, USA |
| | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
| | Symposium: Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease |
| | Sponsored by Indo-US Science && Technology Forum |
| | Sunday, November 06, 2016 |
| | Registration |
| | 7:00 AM | | Registration |
| | Session V: Stem Cell Transplantation | Chairs: Alka Khadwal & | Joseph John |
| | 8:00 AM | | Stem cell transplantation – the Vellore experience | Alok Srivastava |
| | 8:25 AM | | SCT for SCD: when and how | Lakshmanan Krishnamurti |
| | 8:50 AM | | Stem cell transplant in thalassemia: Standard and experimental approaches | Mark Walters |
| | 9:15 AM | | Haplo-identical Transplants - towards universal availability of donors | Suparno Chakrabarty |
| | Break |
| | 9:40 AM | | Tea plus Q & A |
| | Session VI: Diagnosis of Hemoglobinopathies | Chairs: Gurjeewan Garewal & | Renu Saxena |
| | 9:55 AM | | Carrier screening for thalassemia | Sujata Sinha |
| | 10:20 AM | | Advances in molecular diagnosis of hemoglobin disorders | Henry Erlich |
| | 10:45 AM | | Nextgen sequencing for beta globin disorders: towards non-invasive prenatal diagnosis | Cassandra Calloway |
| | 11:10 AM | | Chorionic villus sampling for early prenatal diagnosis | Reena Das |
| | 11:35 AM | | Prenatal screening for beta-thalassemia major: the PGIMER experience | Rashmi Bagga |
| | Break |
| | 12:00 PM | | Lunch |
| | Session VII: Advances in Treatment | Chairs: Roshan Colah & | Elliott Vichinsky |
| | 1:00 PM | | Therapeutic Targets for SCD | Frans Kuyper |
| | 1:25 PM | | SCD: New agents in clinical trials | Carolyn Hoppe |
| | 1:50 PM | | Hydroxyurea: Efficacy studies and access in India | Dipti Jain |
| | 2:15 PM | | Repairing erythropoiesis: Hepcidin and TGFb-inhibitors | Ashutosh Lal |
| | Break |
| | 2:40 PM | | Tea plus Q & A |
| | Session VIII: Gene therapy | Chairs: Mark Walters & | Punam Malik |
| | 2:55 PM | | The development of gene therapy for hemoglobin disorders | Punam Malik |
| | 3:20 PM | | CRISPR/Cas9: the promise of gene editing | David Martin |
| | 3:45 PM | | Clinical trials of gene therapy for beta thalassemia | Mark Walters |
| | 4:10 PM | | Panel Discussion: Bringing Gene Therapy into Clinical Practice |
| | Symposium Closing |
| | 4:50 PM | | Closing Ceremony |
| | 5:10 PM | | Tea with Patients and Society Members |
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