Swee Lay Thein, MD, DSc., FMedSci

Senior Investigator
Sickle Cell Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Maryland

Chief of NHLBI's Sickle Cell Branch.
Identified the BCL11A gene as a key repressor of gamma-globin gene, a finding that resuscitated the field in fetal hemoglobin regulation
Did key studies of pyruvate kinase activators
2024 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine

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Presentation(s):

• AM25-ST-14-L - Allogeneic Transplant, Gene Therapy, or the Evolving Drug Landscape in Sickle Cell Disease: Helping Patients Choose Between Options

  Saturday, October 25, 2025
  10:45 AM - 12:15 PM  PT