Authors


Kim A. Reiss Binder, MD

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Kim A. Reiss Binder, MD, on the Potential of CAR Macrophages in Solid Tumors

The assistant professor of medicine at University of Pennsylvania Hospital stressed the importance of tumor sequencing.


Devin Golden

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Two ACGT all-stars celebrated with ‘Oscars of Science’ award

Carl June, MD, and Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, were recognized for their pioneering achievements in treating cancer.


Ivan Horak, MD

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Ivan Horak, MD, on Early Clinical Efficacy of Allogeneic CD30.CAR EBVST Cell Therapy in Lymphomas

The chief medical and scientific officer of Tessa Therapeutics discussed data from the BESTA and CHARIOT studies presented at ASH 2022.


Gaurav Shah, MD

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Advantages of Developing Platform-Agnostic Gene Therapies

The chief executive officer of Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Gaurav Shah, MD, discussed the company’s ex-vivo and in-vivo gene therapy platforms.


Everett Meyer, MD, PhD

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Everett Meyer, MD, PhD, on Reducing GvHD in Leukemia Treatment

The assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at Stanford University discussed updated data from 2 studies of Orca-T cell therapy.


Matthew Gornet, MD

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Matthew Gornet, MD, on Treating Degenerative Disc Disease With Cell Therapy

The spine surgeon from The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis discussed recent data on IDCT from the phase 1/2 DGX-A01 study.


PJ Brooks, PhD

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PJ Brooks, PhD, on Improved Newborn Screening, Non-Viral Gene Editing: New Frontiers for Neuromuscular Disease

The deputy director, Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation, NCATS, NIH, discussed areas that the agency is targeting.


Madeleine Powys, MBBS

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Madeleine Powys, MBBS, on Lessons Learned With Libmeldy

The locum consultant of pediatric BMT and leukemia at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital discussed the center’s experience in delivering the approved gene therapy to children with MLD.


Farah Sheikh, PhD

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Farah Sheikh, PhD, on Preclinical Research on Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Gene Therapy LX2020

The professor of medicine at University of California San Diego discussed promising preclinical findings she presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023.


Deyaa Adib, MD

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Deyaa Adib, MD, on Optimizing Manufacturing of Solid Tumor Cell Therapies

The chief medical officer of Triumvira Immunologics discussed the company’s future plans.


Christa Krupski, DO, MPH

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Christa Krupski, DO, MPH, on Reinfusion of Tisagenlecleucel in B-ALL

The hematologist/oncologist at Cincinnati Children’s discussed unfavorable outcomes with tisa-cel reinfusion in patients with B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.


Guy Young, MD

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Managing Safety in Fitusiran Treatments of Hemophilia: Guy Young, MD

The director of the hemostasis and thrombosis program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles discussed mitigation strategies in trials and clinic.


Matthew D. Weitzman, 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.


Raj Mehra, PhD

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Raj Mehra, PhD, and Krishna Subramanian, PhD, on Parkinson Disease Gene Therapy Mouse Studies

Mehra and Subramanian discussed preclinical safety studies with the gene therapy SLS-004 and plans for future research.


Atul Malhotra, MD, PhD

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Atul Malhotra, MD, PhD, on Treating Preterm Infants With Autologous Stem Cell Therapy

The head of the early neurodevelopment clinic at Monash Children's Hospital discussed clinical trials in the field of neonatal cell therapy.


Krishna Subramanian, PhD

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Raj Mehra, PhD, and Krishna Subramanian, PhD, on Parkinson Disease Gene Therapy Mouse Studies

Mehra and Subramanian discussed preclinical safety studies with the gene therapy SLS-004 and plans for future research.


Jens Hillengass, MD

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Cell Therapy May Yield Deep Remissions in Multiple Myeloma

Ide-cel's March 2021 FDA approval marks a significant advance in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treatment.


Armon Sharei, PhD

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Making Antigen-Presenting Cells With Cell Squeeze Technology

The founder and chief executive officer of SQZ Biotech discussed the potential of their APC platform to treat a variety of tumors.


Arnaud Lacoste, PhD

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Arnaud Lacoste, PhD, on AURN001‘s Immunomodulatory Properties

The chief scientific officer of Aurion Biotech discussed the properties of the cell therapy for corneal dystrophies, which was recently approved in Japan.


Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil

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Gene and Cell Therapy Approaches Hold Promise for Usher Syndrome

In honor of Usher Syndrome Awareness Day, CGTLive® interviewed Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil, associate professor, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, about the current state of research in this rare disease.


Paul Szabolcs, MD

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HSCT With Omidubicel Achieved Robust Immune Reconstitution and Lower Rates of Severe Infection Compared to UCB Transplantation

Expert hematologist/oncologist Paul Szabolcs, MD, reviews positive data from a clinical trial comparing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and omidubicel with standard cord blood transplantation.


Aude Chapuis, MD

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Aude Chapuis, MD, on Improving TCR T-Cell Therapies for Cancer Treatment

The associate professor in the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center discussed her lab’s research on making TCR T-cell therapies more effective.


Kyle Garland, PhD

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Kyle Garland, PhD, on the Potential of mRNA-engineered iPSC-derived Cell Therapies for Solid Tumors

The senior scientist at Eterna Therapeutics discussed the company’s numerous presentations at ASGCT’s 2023 conference.


Barry Byrne, MD, PhD

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MDA Care Centers and the Future of Gene Therapy in Neuromuscular Disease

Barry J Byrne, MD, PhD, the chief medical advisor of MDA, also shared his thoughts on the 75th anniversary of the organization.


Eric von Hofe, PhD

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Reducing Off-Target Effects of CAR T-Cell Therapies

Eric von Hofe, PhD, president and chief operating officer of AffyImmune, discussed advantages of the Affinity tuning platform.


Barry Paul, MD

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Barry Paul, MD, on Managing CRS and ICANS in Patients Receiving CAR-T for Cancer

Paul discussed common symptoms and typical treatments for the 2 adverse events.


Omar H. Butt, 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.


Yong Cheng, PhD

Latest:

New Research Identifies Safe Harbors for Gene Editing Therapies

The Genomics and Epigenetic Guided Safe Harbor mapper will aid in the future design of gene-editing therapies.


Kinnari Patel, PharmD

Latest:

Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases: Latest Updates

Kinnari Patel, PharmD, president and chief operating officer of Rocket Pharmaceuticals, discussed Rocket Pharma’s programs.


Brian Shaffer, MD

Latest:

Brian Shaffer, MD, on Promising Signs of Efficacy in Post-CAR-T NHL NK Cell Therapy

The assistant attending physician and bone marrow transplant specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discussed updated data on GDA-201 plus rituximab.

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