XLVIII Jiménez Díaz Commemorative Lecture
The Scientific-Technical Director of VIVEbiotech, Dr. Juan Carlos Ramírez, is participating in the symposium organized by the Conchita Rábago de Jiménez Díaz Foundation, entitled ‘Lentiviral Gene Therapy in Blood Diseases.’
Dr. Ramírez will give a scientific session entitled “A new platform for the production of lentiviral vectors for preclinical use and under GMP conditions.”
This 48th Jiménez Díaz Commemorative Lecture will also serve to pay tribute to the eminent scientist Dr. Luigi Naldini, who will deliver a keynote lecture entitled “Turning foes into friends: exploiting HIV for the gene therapy of inherited diseases and cancer.” Dr. Naldini is the Director of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy and of the Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and a Professor at the San Raffaele University Medical School in Milan, Italy.