Towards Precision Medicine: Progress in Cystic Fibrosis 2017 Annual Meeting

The Cystic Fibrosis Canada-SickKids Program in Individual CF Therapy is a collaboration between Cystic Fibrosis Canada, SickKids Foundation and The Hospital for Sick Children to develop a nationally accessible resource that will accelerate the development of precision medicine for the treatment of each individual living with Cystic Fibrosis. The Program will be holding a one-day meeting to discuss the progress towards Personalized Medicine in CF, including the use of resources such as CF patient-derived iPS cells to be made accessible by the program to the Canadian CF research community, and other recent advances in the field. Some of the exciting program of short talks includes visiting speakers: Dr. Jeffrey Beekman from University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands, Dr. Ann Harris from Case Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland (USA) and Dr. John Engelhardt from Molecular Medicine University of Iowa (USA). Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Time: 9am-3pm - Lunch will be provided. Location: PGCRL Auditorium. There is no charge for attendance, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To register, please email cf.centre@sickkids.ca.