Professors Frank Park and Andrew Wilber Win the Prestigious 2025 Orphan Dream Award

Biomedical researchers Frank Park, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Andrew Wilber, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, have been awarded the ninth annual Orphan Dream Award for their groundbreaking work advancing MiNiRoLu, a next-generation gene therapy designed to treat Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia…

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