Authors


Alfonso Sabater, MD, PhD

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Alfonso Sabater, MD, PhD, on Further Research With Gene Therapy in Eye Care

The associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at University of Miami discussed the first topical application of gene therapy to the eye.


Alice Y. Zhou, MD, PhD

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Alice Zhou, MD, PhD, and Omar Butt, MD, PhD, on Surprising Associations With Neurotoxicity and Neurofilament Light

The medical oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discussed surprising findings from their retrospective study.




Alan Skarbnik, MD

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Dr. Skarbnik on the Optimization of CAR T-Cell Therapy Sequencing in MCL

Alan P. Z. Skarbnik, MD, discusses the optimization of treatment sequencing with CAR T-cell therapy in mantle cell lymphoma.


John Finn, PhD

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Using Programmable Genomic Integration to Make Edits Big and Small

John Finn, PhD, the chief scientific officer of Tome Biosciences, discussed the company’s pipeline for its new technology.


Eunice Wang, MD

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The Potential of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Adult ALL

Eunice Wang, MD, and Bijal Shah, MD, MS, discussed unmet needs for adult patients with relapsed/refractory ALL and reflect on the current treatment landscape.


Michael Grimley, MD

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Expanding Study Populations of Cell Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease: Michael Grimley, MD

The medical director of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency at Cincinnati Children's discussed data on ARU-1801 presented at ASH 2021.


Wenjun (Tia) Li

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Wenjun "Tia" Li, on Reducing Swelling in Mouse Models of Rheumatoid Arthritis With Gene Therapy

The PhD candidate from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill discussed preclinical research presented at ASGCT 2023.


Krystof Bankiewicz, MD, PhD

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Krystof Bankiewicz, MD, PhD, on GDNF Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s and AADC Deficiency

The professor at Ohio State University and University of California – San Francisco discussed investigations with different delivery methods of GDNF gene therapy.


Thomas Willemsen

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Targeting Hematological Malignancies With Autologous and Allogeneic Cell Therapies

Thomas Willemsen, president and chief executive officer, Tessa Therapeutics, discussed the company’s technologies and 2023 milestones.


Carlos A. Ramos, MD

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Carlos A. Ramos, MD, on Alternatives to T-Cell Therapy

The professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine discussed research with NK-T cells and alternatives to αβ T-cells.


Donovan Decker

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Donovan Decker’s Journey in Gene Therapy and Advocacy for LGMD—Breaking Barriers

Donovan Decker, recipient of the 2025 MDA Legacy Award for Community Impact and Research, discussed his powerful journey as a patient advocate and gene therapy pioneer, shedding light on challenges and progress in LGMD.


James Shapiro, MD

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Stem Cell Therapy Device Restores Insulin Production in T1 Diabetes: James Shapiro, MD

The Director of the Islet Transplant Program at the University of Alberta discussed the implantable VC-02 device's success in type 1 diabetes.


Chris Wright, MD, PhD

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Anelloviruses, a Potential Alternative to AAV for Gene Therapy

Chris Wright, MD, PhD, the chief medical officer and head of translational research at Ring Therapeutics, discussed research presented at ASGCT 2024.


Carrie Miceli, PhD

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Carrie Miceli, PhD, on the Potential of Needle Biopsy Findings to Improve DMD Gene Therapy

The professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics at UCLA discussed how a better understanding of treatment impact on a cellular level could help improve future gene therapy approaches.


Casey Maguire, PhD

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Casey Maguire, PhD, on Potential Advantages of Encapsulated AAVs

The associate professor and associate investigator of neurology at Harvard Medical School discussed research confirming proof-of-concept with EV-AAVs.


John J. Strouse, MD, PhD

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Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Experts discuss the safety profile and cost of gene therapy for the management of sickle cell disease.


Brandi L. Williams, PhD

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Developing Gene Therapies for AMD: Brandi L. Williams, PhD; Gregory S. Hageman, PhD

Directors from the Moran Eye Center discussed researching gene therapy approaches targeting HTRA1 in AMD.


Arun Upadhyay, PhD

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IRD Gene Therapy OCU400’s Phase 1/2 Trial

Arun Upadhyay, PhD, the chief scientific officer and head of research, development, and Medical at Ocugen, also discussed future plans for the gene therapy, which is now in a phase 3 study.


Joseph Mikhael, MD

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CARTITUDE Trials in Multiple Myeloma

Experts discussed safety and efficacy data of cilta-cel for R/R MM from the CARTITUDE-1 and CARTITUDE-2 studies.


Matthew Charman, PhD

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Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD, and Matthew Charman, PhD, on Further Investigation of the Viral Reproduction Process

The investigators from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia discussed the follow-up studies they are conducting in light of their recent findings regarding DNA virus replication.


Luke Roberts, MBBS, PhD

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Luke Roberts, MBBS, PhD, on Challenges in Developing Gene Therapy for Heart Failure

The medical director of clinical development at AskBio discussed setbacks in the phase 1 trial of AB-1002 gene therapy.


Debora Mazzetti, MS

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Debora Mazzetti, MS, on Multitargeting MicroRNA in Glioblastoma

The research trainee at Brigham and Women’s Hospital discussed developing RNA constructs to aid with RNA interference.


Chris Wincup, MBBS, MRCP

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CAR T Therapy Yields Remission in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Five patients with lupus treated with anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy are now in remission.


Zachary Crees, MD

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Zachary Crees, MD, on the Potential of Cell Therapy to Treat or Prevent Viral Infections After HSCT

The assistant clinical director of the Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy at Washington University in St. Louis discussed Atara Biotherapeutics' tabelecleucel and AlloVir’s posoleucel.


Irene Ghobrial, MD

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Future Research With NK and CAR T Therapy in Multiple Myeloma: Irene Ghobrial, MD

The director at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discussed future efforts to prevent the development of multiple myeloma.


Salvador Rico, MD, PhD

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Salvador Rico, MD, PhD, on Developing Gene Regulation Therapy for Dravet Syndrome

The chief medical officer of Encoded Therapeutics overviews the company’s timeline and strategy for its gene regulation program for Dravet syndrome.


Ben Samelson-Jones, MD, PhD

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Confirming the Safety of Pfizer's Hemophilia B Gene Therapy Beqvez

Ben Samelson-Jones, MD, PhD, the associate director of clinical in vivo gene therapy at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discussed follow-up data of up to 6 years with investigations of fidanacogene elaparvovec.


Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD

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Strategies to Reverse Multiple Sclerosis Neurodegeneration: Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD

The director of the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center and professor of Universtiy of Buffalo discussed avenues of research into reversing neurodegeneration in MS.

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