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🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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0:00.0 | Back live at CHLA, and we are joined right now by Dr. Alan Wayne. |
0:04.4 | And, doctor, you are the head of pediatrics here at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. |
0:09.7 | Yes. |
0:10.3 | And how did you wind up in this position at this hospital? |
0:14.1 | Well, I came here in 2013 from the National Institute of Health to run our pediatric cancer and blood disease Institute. |
0:21.6 | And just about a year and a half ago, after 10 years running the cancer program, moved |
0:26.9 | into the pediatrician-in-chief role. |
0:29.0 | So what's the biggest difference between those two things, other than obviously you're |
0:32.3 | dealing with kids, right? |
0:34.3 | So now responsible from an administrative standpoint in this whole big, beautiful place. |
0:39.3 | Okay. |
0:39.9 | Well, it is spectacular. |
0:41.6 | We've got a lot of fun talking to different people. |
0:43.7 | Now, you specialize in gene therapy. |
0:46.7 | Yes. |
0:47.1 | For people who don't know what that is, explain what is gene therapy. |
0:49.9 | Okay. |
0:50.3 | Let's start with. |
0:51.0 | What are genes? |
0:52.4 | Think of them as the microchips in our computers of our body. |
0:55.8 | They provide the instructions to tell all the cells and tissues and organs in our body how to function. |
1:00.8 | And if a gene is missing or defective altered, it can give rise to a disease. |
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