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Dr. Kan is Louis K. Diamond Professor of Hematology in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his M.D. and D.Sc. degrees from the University of Hong Kong. After residency at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, he received postdoctoral training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Royal Victoria Hospital (Montreal), and the Children’s Hospital (Boston). Dr. Kan is a fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Academia Sinica (Taiwan), a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the recipient of numerous international honors, including the Lasker Award.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Yuet Wai Kan's laboratory is investigating safer DNA tests for genetic disorders, a mouse model of sickle cell anemia, and the control of gene expression.
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Photo: Anthony Buckley and Constantine London
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