Dr. Leonardo Ferreira Talks CRISPR, HIV, and Engineering Cells as Therapies for Immune Disorders on Talk Show ‘Cognitum’ on NewTV
UCSF Tang Lab - - December 06, 2018
Molecular immunologist and human genome engineer Leonardo M.R. Ferreira, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratories of Dr. Qizhi Tang (Department of Surgery) and Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone (Diabetes Center) at UCSF, was interviewed about his research on the talk show 'Cognitum' on NewTV.
'Cognitum' is a show dedicated to exploring the present and future of science and technology. Over the course of two episodes, Dr. Ferreira expounded his work as a pioneer in the use of genome editing in human blood cells and discussed his current efforts to engineer regulatory T cells (Tregs) as living [...]