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"What keeps me coming back to work every day is a desire to do better."
Where I see patients (2)
My work
Fetal therapy offers hope for treating genetic disorders
An experimental therapy helped a family that had already lost two babies to a rare disorder with critical guidance from Dr. MacKenzie.
Selected research
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In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Fanconi Anemia.
Blood advances
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Dual α-globin and truncated EPO receptor knockin restores hemoglobin production in α-thalassemia-derived red blood cells.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
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Prenatal AAV9-GFP administration in fetal lambs results in transduction of female germ cells and maternal exposure to virus.
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development
Clinical trials
Registry of Patients Diagnosed With Lysosomal Storage Diseases
Prenatal presentation of symptoms (e.g. hydrops) appearing on fetal imaging such as ultrasound and ECHO.
Recruiting
More about this studyInternational Registry of Patients With Alpha Thalassemia
Number of fetuses diagnosed with alpha thalassemia who survive to birth, compared to number of fetuses diagnosed with alpha thalassemia who have fetal demise or are terminated in utero. This is measured in number of fetuses alive ...
Recruiting
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Fetal surgery firsts
The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.
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