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Join us on Friday, June 11, 2021, for the next ELSI Friday Forum: Ethical Challenges in Novel Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease. Panelists Melissa Creary and Liza Johnson will describe the current state of therapy for sickle cell disease, and some ethical issues that arise in the emerging use of gene transfer or gene editing for treating the disease. Dr. Johnson will focus on ethical issues identified by patients, and Dr. Creary will discuss some of the social and historical ethical challenges that relate to genetic interventions for sickle cell. Panelist: Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB (St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital) Panelist: Melissa Creary, PhD, MPH (University of Michigan) Moderator: Pilar Ossorio, JD, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School) To continue the conversation please join fellow audience members for an informal discussion in a Zoom meeting immediately following the forum. The link will be placed in the Zoom Chat during the forum. For those who cannot attend the live event, the forum will be recorded and archived on the ELSIhub Video page. Closed captioning and/or transcripts will be provided for live and recorded events. By registering for an ELSIhub event, attendees agree to abide by the ELSIhub Code of Conduct: https://elsihub.org/news/code-conduct