Authors


Alan Trounson, PhD, MSc

Latest:

The Power and Potential of Natural Killer Cell Therapies: A New Awakening

Natural killer cells could redefine medicine and offer new hope for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and neurological disorders through advanced CAR-NK therapies.


Lawrence R. Lustig, MD

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Lawrence R. Lustig, MD, on Evaluating Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Otoferlin-Related Hearing Loss

The chair of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians discussed the phase 1/2 CHORD clinical trial evaluating DB-OTO.


Stella Vnook, PharmD

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Stella Vnook, PharmD, on Improving Cell Therapy Delivery to Solid Tumors With Core Shell Spherification

The chief executive officer of Likarda discussed the company’s CSS technology and how it may reduce off-tissue effects.


Paul Harmatz, MD

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Paul Harmatz, MD, on Harnessing Accelerated Approval for LSDs, Rare Disease Treatment Advancements

The pediatric gastroenterologist and professor in residence at University of California at San Francisco discussed challenges in investigating therapies for rare diseases.


Alex Herrera, MD

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CAR T as Frontline Therapy for DLBC Lymphoma: Alex Herrera, MD

The hematologist/oncologist from City of Hope discussed the potential for CAR T-cell therapy in earlier lines of treatment for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.


Roberto Giugliani, MD, PhD

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Roberto Giugliani, MD, PhD, on Advantages of Gene Therapy in MPS Type 2

The professor of genetics at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul discussed how RGX-121 has the potential to change the treatment landscape of MPSII.


Ashling Wahner

Latest:

Liso-Cel Approval Expands CAR T-Cell Access in LBCL

Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD, discussed the impact of liso-cel's approval.


Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, MD

Latest:

Risk Alleles in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, MD

The ophthalmologist from John A. Moran Eye Center discussed the close association between disease progression and uncovered risk alleles.



Michael Jain, MD, PhD

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Frederick Locke, MD, and Michael Jain, MD, PhD, on Why Some Patients With Lymphoma Do Not Respond to Cellular Immunotherapy

CancerNetwork® was joined by 2 clinicians from Moffitt Cancer Center to discuss why some patients do not respond to CAR T-cell therapy, despite the significant promise of the treatment modality.


Marco Davila, MD, PhD

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Marco Davila, MD, PhD, on Investigating Mechanisms of CAR T Resistance in B-cell Malignancies

The vice chair for cellular therapies at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed new research from the center presented at the 2023 Tandem Meetings.


Chun-Yu Chen, PhD

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Chun-Yu Chen, PhD, on Addressing Hemophilia A With CRISPR/Cas9 mRNA LNP Gene Editing

The research scientist at Seattle Children’s Research Institute discussed findings from mouse research he presented at ASGCT’s 2024 conference.


Serena Fasano, MD, PhD

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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.


Irene Agodoa, MD

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Irene Agodoa, MD, on Addressing GVHD Risks in Treating Hematologic Malignancies

The senior vice president and head of medical affairs at Orca Bio discussed how Orca-T has been developed to lower the risk of graft-versus-host disease.


Anita Kumar, MD

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Addressing Unmet Needs in Mantle Cell Lymphoma With CAR T Therapy: Anita Kumar, MD

The medical oncologist from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discussed efforts made to address areas of unmet need in mantle cell lymphoma.


Jan Joseph Melenhorst, PhD

Latest:

Achieving Remission in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia With CD4+ CAR T-Cells: Jan Joseph Melenhorst, PhD

The translational immunologist and research professor at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, discussed persistence of CD4+ CAR T-cells in CLL.


Walid J. Azar, PhD

Latest:

The Power and Potential of Natural Killer Cell Therapies: A New Awakening

Natural killer cells could redefine medicine and offer new hope for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and neurological disorders through advanced CAR-NK therapies.


Edward Holland, MD

Latest:

Treating Endothelial Disease With One Cornea Donor

Edward Holland, MD, chief medical advisor, discussed an injectable technique where one cornea donor could potentially supply hundreds of patients with treatment for endothelial disease.


Paul Rennert

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Improving Safety With CAR Engager Proteins

Paul Rennert, president and chief scientific officer of Aleta BioTherapeutics, discussed the company’s research on CAR T therapies.


Magali Taiel, MD

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Gene Therapy for Retinal and Neurological Diseases

Magali Taiel, MD, chief medical officer, GenSight Biologics, discussed future research the company plans to pursue.


David S. Hong, MD

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David S. Hong, MD, on the SURPASS Clinical Trial and TCR T-cell Therapy in Solid Tumors

Hong presented data from the SURPASS clinical trial at the 2022 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress.


Swati Naik, MBBS

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Swati Naik, MBBS, on Investigating CD123-CAR T Therapy for Relapsed AML

The assistant member at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discussed updated data from a phase 1 study being conducted at the hospital.


Mark Hamilton, MD, PhD

Latest:

Analyzing PostCAR Myeloid Neoplasms

Mark Hamilton, MD, PhD, a hematology-oncology and BMT cell therapy fellow at Stanford University, discussed implications of his institution’s findings on treatment-related secondary malignancies.


Jeffrey Miller, MD

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Jeffrey Miller, MD, on Emerging Research With Natural Killer Cells

The deputy director of the Masonic Cancer Center discussed trends of presentations from ESMO 2022.


Milind Desai, MD, MBA

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Milind Desai, MD, MBA, on Clinically Evaluating MYBPC3–Associated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Gene Therapy

The director of the Center for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy at the Cleveland Clinic discussed the design of the MyPeak-1 clinical trial for TN-201 and the associated MyCLIMB natural history study.


Zinaida Good, PhD

Latest:

Zinaida Good, PhD, on Exploring CAR-T Expansion Through Lineage Tracing

The instructor at Stanford Institutes of Medicine discussed the key takeaways of her research into the factors that affect CAR-T expansion.


Shannon L. Maude, MD, PhD

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Shannon L. Maude, MD, PhD, on Favorable Safety of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric B-ALL

The oncologist from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discussed long-term safety data with tisagenlecleucel in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Richard G. Fessler, MD

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Richard Fessler, MD, on OPC1 Improving Quality of Life With Spinal Cord Injury

The professor of neurosurgery at Rush University Medical School discussed follow-up in the phase 1/2 trial of LCTOPC1 and further research to be done.


Piers Blombery, MBBS, PhD

Latest:

Piers Blombery, MBBS, PhD, on More ctDNA, MRD Biomarker Use in Blood Cancer for 2024

The associate professor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre discussed highlights from the 2023 ASH meeting.


John Parkinson

Latest:

Applying a Novel Gene Editing Approach to Chronic Hepatitis B

Precision Bio is taking a novel approach to gene editing to deploy a cure for patients with chronic hepatitis B.

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