Claudio Bordignon
In 1992 Doctor Claudio Bordignon working at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy performed the first procedure of gene therapy using hematopoietic stem cells as vectors to deliver genes intended to correct hereditary diseases. This was a world first, but was unfortunately unsuccessful because it did not lead to sustained correction of the hematopoietic stem cells. In 2002 this work led to the publication of the first successful gene therapy treatment for adenosine deaminase deficiency (SCID). He expanded this work to stem cell gene therapy of other genetic diseases and AIDS, and for the immunotherapy of cancer.In 2005, he was nominated by the European Commission as one of the 22 founding members of the European Research Council (ERC).
Dr. Bordignon was the first President of the European Working Group on Human Gene Transfer and Therapy (EWGT), now known as the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT). In 2010, he was awarded the ESGCT Outstanding Achievement Award, along with Alessandro Aiuti and Maria Grazia Roncarlo in recognition of their contributions to the field.
Dr Bordignon graduated in medicine from the University of Milan, where he specialized in Internal Medicine and in Hematology.
References
1) Gene therapy. Italians first to use stem cells. Abbott A. Nature. 9 April 1992;356(6369):465.
2) Patent: 20080286305 Antigen Transduced T Cells Used as a Delivery System for Antigens 11-20-2008 *[http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&topicID=69 Dr Bordignon's Page at The European Research council] Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Elisa Vicenzi, Filippo Canducci, Debora Pinna, Nicasio Mancini, Silvia Carletti, Adriano Lazzarin, Claudio Bordignon, Guido Poli, Massimo ClementiGet full text
Published 2004-03-01
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2by Simona Porcellini, Claudia Asperti, Stefano Corna, Eleonora Cicoria, Veronica Valtolina, Anna Stornaiuolo, Barbara Valentinis, Claudio Bordignon, Catia TraversariGet full text
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3by Giulia Di Lullo, Magda Marcatti, Silvia Heltai, Cristina Tresoldi, Anna Maria Paganoni, Claudio Bordignon, Fabio Ciceri, Fabio Ciceri, Maria Pia ProttiGet full text
Published 2019-01-01
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4by Claudia Piovan, Virna Marin, Cinzia Scavullo, Stefano Corna, Erica Giuliani, Sergio Bossi, Anne Galy, David Fenard, Claudio Bordignon, Gian Paolo Rizzardi, Chiara BovolentaGet full text
Published 2017-06-01
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5by Virna Marin, Anna Stornaiuolo, Claudia Piovan, Stefano Corna, Sergio Bossi, Monika Pema, Erica Giuliani, Cinzia Scavullo, Eleonora Zucchelli, Claudio Bordignon, Gian Paolo Rizzardi, Chiara BovolentaGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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6by Eleonora Zucchelli, Monika Pema, Anna Stornaiuolo, Claudia Piovan, Cinzia Scavullo, Erica Giuliani, Sergio Bossi, Stefano Corna, Claudia Asperti, Claudio Bordignon, Gian-Paolo Rizzardi, Chiara BovolentaGet full text
Published 2017-03-01
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7by Emanuela Brunetto, Lucia De Monte, Gianpaolo Balzano, Barbara Camisa, Vincenzo Laino, Michela Riba, Silvia Heltai, Marco Bianchi, Claudio Bordignon, Massimo Falconi, Attilio Bondanza, Claudio Doglioni, Maria Pia ProttiGet full text
Published 2019-02-01
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8by Monica Casucci, Laura Falcone, Barbara Camisa, Margherita Norelli, Simona Porcellini, Anna Stornaiuolo, Fabio Ciceri, Fabio Ciceri, Catia Traversari, Claudio Bordignon, Chiara Bonini, Chiara Bonini, Attilio Bondanza, Attilio Bondanza, Attilio BondanzaGet full text
Published 2018-03-01
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