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Rigo Garcia, MPH

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Rigo Garcia, MPH, on Improving DE&I in Rare Disease Health Care

The executive director of Hemophilia Foundation Southern California discussed issues with minorities accessing care for rare diseases and strategies to mitigate them.


Noelle V. Frey, MD, MSCE

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Utility of CART22-65s and huCART19 in R/R ALL: Noelle V. Frey, MD, MSCE

The associate professor from Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, discussed co-administered CART22-65s and huCART19 in relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Tycel Jovelle Phillips, MD

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CAR T-Cell Therapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Tycel Jovelle Phillips, MD

The clinical associate professor from the Rogel Cancer Center at Michigan Medicine discussed the future of CAR T-cell therapy in mantle cell lymphoma patients.


Sukumar Nagendran, MD

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Sukumar Nagendran, MD, on the Potential of TSHA-102 in Pediatric Patients With Rett Syndrome

The president and head of R&D at Taysha Gene Therapies discussed his expectation that younger patients my see even better results with the company’s gene therapy than the adult patients treated so far.


Amer Beitinjaneh, MD, MSc, MPH, FACP

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Amer Beitinjaneh, MD, MSc, MPH, FACP, on Treating EBV+ PTLD With Tab-cel

The associate professor of medicine at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed updated data from the phase 3 ALLELE study.


Richard James, PhD

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Richard James, PhD, on the Potential of Engineered Plasma Cells in Cancer

The associate professor at the University of Washington, and principal investigator at Seattle Children's Research Institute discussed results from a leukemia mouse model.


Mitchell Horwitz, MD

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Mitchell Horwitz, MD, on Cost-Effectiveness of Omidubicel for Allo-HCT

The professor of medicine at Duke Cancer Institute discussed uptake and research with the cord blood therapy since its approval.


Vivien Sheehan, MD, PhD

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Vivien Sheehan, MD, PhD, on Choosing the Right Treatment Option for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

The associate professor of pediatrics at Emory University also discussed the need to empower patients and families to make their own treatment decisions.


Julian Adams, PhD

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Tackling Storage and Logistical Challenges in Cell Therapy

The chief executive officer of Gamida Cell discussed upcoming research on 2 of their investigational agents, GDA-201 and omidubicel, for hematological malignancies.


Emma Ciafaloni, MD

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Emma Ciafaloni, MD, on the State of Gene Therapy in Neuromuscular Disease

The professor of neurology and pediatrics at University of Rochester Medical Center spoke about her session at MDA’s 2023 conference.


Elias Jabbour, MD

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Determining Order of CAR T Therapy: Elias Jabbour, MD; Jae Park, MD

The oncologists from MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers discuss sequencing CAR T-cell therapies and other key therapies in patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Mounzer Agha, MD

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Mitigating Adverse Events in CAR T-Cell Therapy: Mounzer Agha, MD

The director of the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discussed strategies to manage AEs associated with CAR T therapy.


Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD

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Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, on the Changing Field of RNA-Based Treatments

The endowed chair in cellular and molecular medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital discussed the rapid advancements in RNA-based treatments in the past 2 decades and potential advancements that remain on the horizon.


Steven W. Pipe, MD

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Evaluating siRNA Therapy Fitusiran in Combination With Antithrombin Modulation for Hemophilia

Steven W. Pipe, MD, a professor of pediatric hematology/oncology at CS Mott Children’s Hospital, discussed findings from the open-label extension of the ATLAS studies at ASH 2024.


Karen Walker

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Treating Autoimmune Diseases With Smarter Cell Therapies

Karen Walker, chief technology officer, Kyverna Therapeutics, discussed the company’s CAR T-cell and regulatory T-cell technologies.


Milan Zdravkovic, MD, PhD

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Milan Zdravkovic, MD, PhD, on Using CRISPR-Cas Systems to Target Pathogens

Milan Zdravkovic, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of SNIPR Biome, discussed the company’s ongoing research on targeting E Coli in the blood with CRISPR-based medication.


Jonah Feldman

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Bristol Myers Squibb and 2seventy bio's CAR-T Ide-Cel Effects Responses in CNS-Involved R/R Multiple Myeloma

Real-world data showed ide-cel was active in patients with central nervous system manifestations of multiple myeloma.


M. Peter Marinkovich, MD

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M. Peter Marinkovich, MD, on Bringing RDEB Treatment to the Local Level With B-VEC

The associate professor of dermatology at Stanford University discussed how the May 2023 approval of B-VEC may shift the treatment field for RDEB.


Tami John, MD

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Tami John, MD, on the FDA Approvals of Exa-cel and Lovo-cel

The clinical associate professor at Stanford Medicine also discussed ongoing trends in sickle cell disease research.


David Suhy, PhD

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Using DNA Nanoplasmids as a Diagnostic Tool in Cancer

David Suhy, PhD, the cofounder and chief scientific officer at Earli, discussed the company’s unique approach to cancer diagnosis.


David Shyr, MD

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David Shyr, MD, on Incorporating AI Into Medicine

The clinical assistant professor at Stanford Medicine discussed potential applications for machine learning in analyzing data in medicine.


David Bond, MD

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CAR T: A Novel Approach for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

New treatment options expand management of relapsed or refractory disease.


Jacques Galipeau, MD

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Jacques Galipeau, MD, on Exponential Progress With Cell and Gene Therapy

The Don and Marilyn Anderson Professor of Oncology at University of Wisconsin – Madison discussed the state of cell and gene therapy development.


Vinaya Murthy, MS, MPH

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Vinaya Murthy, MS, MPH, on Genetic Counseling Services for Rare Disorders

As we learn more about genomics and identify more genes tied to rare disorders, the role of genetic counselors will become even more critical.


Keith Fargo, PhD

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Keith Fargo, PhD, on Potential Treatment Avenues for Charcot-Marie-Tooth

The chief scientific officer of the CMT Research Foundation discussed investigative cell and gene therapy approaches for treating CMT.


Isabella Ciccone, MPH

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Sarepta’s DMD Gene Therapy Elevidys Demonstrates Manageable Safety Across 5-Year Timespan

In pooled data from 156 patients, there were no deaths or study discontinuations.


Georg Schett, MD

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Future Goals for CAR-T in Autoimmune Disease

Georg Schett, MD, vice president research and chair of internal medicine at the University of Erlangen – Nuremberg, discussed potential upcoming innovations in the field.


Monalisa Ghosh, MD

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Dr. Ghosh on the Role of Off-the-Shelf CAR T-Cell Therapy in Myeloma

Monalisa Ghosh, MD, discusses the role of off-the-shelf CAR T-cell therapy in patients with multiple myeloma.


Colleen Moretti

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Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Improves Outcomes in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

A comparative analysis of the ZUMA-5 and SCHOLAR-5 trials revealed improvements in outcomes over currently available therapies.


Larry Anderson, MD, PhD

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Larry Anderson, MD, PhD, on the Evolution of Myeloma Care With Cell Therapy

The professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center shared his perspective on the current landscape of CAR-T cell therapy in the care of patients with myeloma.

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