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Marina Cavazzana, the Glossary

Marina Cavazzana is a professor of Paediatric Immunology at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital and the Imagine Institute, as well as an academic at Paris Descartes University.^[1]

28 relations: American Society of Hematology, Beta thalassemia, Bluebird bio, Fondation pour la recherche médicale, Gene therapy, Greater Paris University Hospitals, Haematopoiesis, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Hemoglobin subunit beta, Heredity, Immunodeficiency, Inserm, Irène Joliot-Curie, Lentiviral vector in gene therapy, National Academy of Medicine, Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital, Padua, Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris Diderot University, Red blood cell, Sickle cell disease, Thalassemia, University of Padua, University of Zurich, Venice, Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome, X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.
French women biologists
French women physicians
Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis alumni

American Society of Hematology

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is a professional organization representing hematologists, founded in 1958.

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Beta thalassemia

Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders.

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Bluebird bio

bluebird bio, Inc., based in Somerville, Massachusetts, is a biotechnology company that develops gene therapies for severe genetic disorders.

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Fondation pour la recherche médicale

The Fondation pour la recherche médicale or FRM, is a French foundation created in 1947 among others by professors Jean Bernard and Jean Hamburger, on a private management basis but recognized as being of public utility in 1965.

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Gene therapy

Gene therapy is a medical technology that aims to produce a therapeutic effect through the manipulation of gene expression or through altering the biological properties of living cells.

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Greater Paris University Hospitals

Greater Paris University Hospitals (Assistance publique–hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP) is the university hospital trust operating in Paris and its surroundings.

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Haematopoiesis

Haematopoiesis (from Greek αἷμα, 'blood' and ποιεῖν 'to make'; also hematopoiesis in American English; sometimes also h(a)emopoiesis) is the formation of blood cellular components.

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Hôpital Saint-Louis

Hôpital Saint-Louis is a hospital in Paris, France.

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Hemoglobin subunit beta

Hemoglobin subunit beta (beta globin, β-globin, haemoglobin beta, hemoglobin beta) is a globin protein, coded for by the HBB gene, which along with alpha globin (HBA), makes up the most common form of haemoglobin in adult humans, hemoglobin A (HbA).

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Heredity

Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

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Immunodeficiency

Immunodeficiency, also known as immunocompromisation, is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious diseases and cancer is compromised or entirely absent.

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Inserm

The (Inserm) is the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research.

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Irène Joliot-Curie

Irène Joliot-Curie (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French chemist, physicist and politician, the elder daughter of Pierre Curie and Marie Skłodowska–Curie, and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

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Lentiviral vector in gene therapy

Lentiviral vectors in gene therapy is a method by which genes can be inserted, modified, or deleted in organisms using lentiviruses.

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National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital

The Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital is a French teaching hospital in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

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Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris Descartes University

Paris Descartes University (Université Paris 5 René Descartes), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris.

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Paris Diderot University

Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France.

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Red blood cell

Red blood cells (RBCs), referred to as erythrocytes (with -cyte translated as 'cell' in modern usage) in academia and medical publishing, also known as red cells, erythroid cells, and rarely haematids, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.

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Sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited.

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Thalassemia

Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders that result in abnormal hemoglobin.

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University of Padua

The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy.

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University of Zurich

The University of Zurich (UZH, Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome

Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea (secondary to the thrombocytopenia). It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich's original description in 1954.

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X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID) is an immunodeficiency disorder in which the body produces very few T cells and NK cells.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Cavazzana