BIO Notebook Day 3: ARM Launches Foundation To Educate Public About Gene And Cell Therapies

The potential for gene and cell therapies may seem limitless and exciting, but a flip side of that story can be fear generated by the unknown. That is the issue the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) decided to address by launching a non-profit foundation June 6 – with an announcement at the 2018 BIO International Convention in Boston – to increase the public’s awareness of and understanding about gene and cell therapy.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit affiliated with ARM, the ARM Foundation for Cell and Gene Medicine will begin with three primary tasks on its “to-do list,” the foundation’s Chairwoman Stewart Parker told Scrip. It will launch an education program to better explain to the general public what gene/cell therapy is and is not, with initiatives including a website, public service announcements and social media campaigns