The USA Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center will host its 18th Annual Regional Sickle Cell Conference on Saturday, May 30. The event, "What's In Your Genes? The Promise of a Cure," is scheduled for 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Student Center Ballroom on the main campus of the University of South Alabama.The one-day conference will feature national, regional and local experts addressing the recent FDA approval of Adakveo and Oxbryta in the treatment of sickle disease and advances in gene therapy. A highlight of the conference will be to engage a sickle cell patient who has undergone gene therapy.
To register for the conference, visit cmetracker.net. For more information, email vgardner@health.southalabama.edu or call (251) 470-5893.