Cellectis to present at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy Annual Meeting

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Paris, May 11, 2010– Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, announces today that Frédéric Pâques, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, has been invited to present Cellectis’ approaches on vectors for meganucleases and genome surgery at the 13th American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting to be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, USA, on May 19-22, 2010.   

Targeted approaches have emerged today as an alternative to current random insertion strategies for gene therapy. Meganucleases, the most specific endonucleases, represent ideal tools for targeted genome editing, or genome surgery. They can induce up to 20% of gene insertion into chosen human genes. The entry of meganucleases into different cell types can be achieved by various means, including viral and non-viral vectorization.  

Dr Pâques will discuss “Meganucleases and Viral Vectors: Alternative or Complementary Approaches” on May 22, 2010, at 8:30AM, during an oral session on Special Considerations with Using Viral Vectors for Gene Modification of Stem Cells.