Development of animal models to test new therapies for NF1 patients

On April 13, 2023, a conference was held featuring Dr. Jean-Philippe Brosseau, professor and researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, to highlight one of his projects related to neurofibromatosis with his research team.

Conference – Development of animal models to test new therapies for NF1 patients. (French only)

Watch the conference

This conference covers a number of important topics. Here’s what we’ll be talking about 

  • Major advances in NF research
  • Gene therapy
  • What is a gene?
  • Example of gene therapy in other diseases
  • International gene therapy project underway
  • Expertise of its research group
    • Develop new animal models recapitulating NF1 tumours
  • Conclusions and prospects of their expertise
  • Thank you speech
  • Answers to participants’ questions