Authors


Erin Lopata, PharmD, MPH

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Keys to a Successful Cell and Gene Therapy Launch

The success of cell and gene therapies relies not just on approvability but on affordability and accessibility. Innovative manufacturing, automation, and digital tools are key to expanding patient access and ensuring commercial viability.


Paul Melmeyer, MPP

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Gene Therapy Will Be a Major Area of Interest for Attendees at MDA’s 2025 Conference

Paul Melmeyer, MPP, the executive vice president of public policy & advocacy at MDA, discussed the growing interest in gene therapy for the annual meeting.


Magdalena Cichewicz, PhD

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Magdalena Cichewicz, PhD, on Improving AAV Gene Therapy With Synthetic Promoters

The scientist II at Senti Biosciences discussed the potential of synthetic promoters to improve target specificity in AAV vector-based gene therapies in retinal diseases and beyond.


Clive Svendsen, PhD

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Clive Svendsen, PhD, on Unlocking the Potential of Astrocyte Cell Therapy

The director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars Sinai discussed research being conducted with CNS10-NPC-GDNF in multiple indications.


Emilie Aschenbrenner, PharmD, BCOP

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Emilie Aschenbrenner, PharmD, BCOP, on CAR-T Versus Bispecific Antibodies for the Treatment of LBCL

The hematology coordinator for pharmacy at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin discussed the advantages of each of the 2 modalities in the third and second line settings.


Lucas Harrington, PhD

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Delivering Ultracompact CRISPR Systems With AAV

Lucas Harrington, PhD, the cofounder and chief scientific officer of Mammoth Biosciences, discussed the company’s mouse model research on treating hypertriglyceridemia.



David Weinstein, MD

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David Weinstein, MD, on Delivering Gene Therapy Directly to the Brain

The senior vice president of clinical development at Passage Bio discussed intracisternal magna administration of PBGM01.


Frank Borriello, MD, PhD

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Frank Borriello, MD, PhD, on Next Steps for SUPLEXA-101 for Solid Tumors

The scientific cofounder and chief executive officer of Alloplex Biotherapeutics discussed progress of the phase 1 trial and possible future evaluations of the therapy.


Marty Giedlin, PhD

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Marty Giedlin, PhD, on Advantages of Allogeneic NK Cell Therapy Approaches

The senior vice president of Technical Operations at Senti Biosciences discussed the company’s NK cell logic-gating platform and allogeneic approach.


Caroline Diorio, MD, FRCPC, FAAP

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Noninflammatory Neurotoxicity Events in Patients Receiving CAR-T

Caroline Diorio, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, an attending physician at the Cancer Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discussed a study she coauthored that was recently published in Blood.


Fotis Topouzis, MD, PhD

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Unraveling the Genetics of Glaucoma

Details enhance knowledge of biological pathways that contribute to disease pathogenesis.


Dimitrios Giannoulis, MD

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Unraveling the Genetics of Glaucoma

Details enhance knowledge of biological pathways that contribute to disease pathogenesis.


Patrick Hwu, MD

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Dr. Hwu on the Uptake of Cellular Therapy in Oncology

Patrick Hwu, MD, discusses the uptake of cellular therapy in the treatment of patients with cancer.


Binod Dhakal, MD

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Binod Dhakal, MD, on Benefit of Cilta-Cel in Earlier Lines of Multiple Myeloma Treatment

The associate professor at Medical College of Wisconsin discussed current studies evaluating cilta-cel and ongoing research.


Masahito Kawabori, MD, PhD

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Stem Cell Therapy for TBI: Masahito Kawabori, MD, PhD

The associate professor at Hokkaido University and investigator of STEMTRA also discussed other efforts in stroke, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease.


Larry Hanover

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Gene Transfer Therapy Requires Further Investigation Despite Potential Approval, Review Says

After a more than 35-year pursuit, the licensing of a gene therapy product for treating hemophilia may be available within 2 years.


Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD

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Dr. Hutson on Challenges With Targeted Therapy in Non-Clear Cell RCC

Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD, discusses challenges with targeted therapy in non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.


Julie Parsons, MD

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The Potential of Gene Transfer Therapy in SMA

John Brandsema, MD, discusses gene transfer for the management of SMA and the recent approval of onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi.


Brian Till, MD

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Dr. Till on the Potential to Utilize CAR T-Cell Therapy Earlier in MCL

Brian Till, MD, discusses the potential to utilize CAR T-cell therapy earlier in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.


Darlene Dobkowski, MA

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Cilta-Cel Demonstrates Durable Responses at 18 Months in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel, an investigational BCMA-directed CAR-T therapy, sustained efficacy and durable responses in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Laura Joszt, MA

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The Role of CAR NK Cells: Competition or Compliment to CAR T-Cell Therapy?

New studies into chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–engineered natural killer (NK) cells has shown promising results, explained Ulrike Köhl, PhD, MD, professor of immune oncology and director of the Institute for Clinical Immunology at the University of Leipzig in Germany.


Jackie Syrop

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Gene Transfer for Heart Failure Shows Promise

Intracoronary gene transfer among heart failure patients increased left ventricular function beyond standard heart failure therapy.


Mary Caffrey

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Delays With Payers Mean Some Patients Miss Window for CAR T-Cell Therapy, Findings Show

Ajeet Gajra, MD, MBBS, FACP, talks about identifying and removing the barriers for offering CAR T-cell therapy at the community practice level.


Alison Rodriguez

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DMD Trial Results Demonstrate Decrease in Creatine Kinase Levels

Results of a Phase 1/2a gene therapy clinical trial in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) revealed a significant decrease in levels of serum creatine kinase, an enzyme biomarker associated with muscle damage caused by DMD.


AJMC Staff

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Ophthalmology Overview: Gene Therapy Partially Restores Vision in Blind Patient, Presbyopia Therapy, and More

Highlighting the latest ophthalmology-related news reported across MJH Life Sciences™.


Kate Means

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Scaling the Cell and Gene Therapy Supply Chain for Growth

While the cell and gene therapies approved so far are indicated for rare diseases with small patient populations, the successes of chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) therapies and expanding interest from biopharma stress the need to rapidly scale the supply chain as these therapies move toward commercial availability for more disease states and larger patient populations.


Henri Stanton

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Selective Inhibitor of FLT3 Allows High-Risk AML Patients to Bridge to Stem Cell Transplant

A unique targeted therapy, quizartinib, was able to clear leukemia cells from the bone marrow in more than 33% of patients with an aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia marked by a mutation in the FLT3 gene.


Donna McNamara, MD

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Real-World Economic Value of a 21-Gene Assay in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Universal gene expression profiling of patients with stage II breast cancer resulted in outpatient savings of $11,000 (inclusive of testing costs) within 6 months of initiation of medical therapy.


Andrew L. Pecora, MD

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Real-World Economic Value of a 21-Gene Assay in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Universal gene expression profiling of patients with stage II breast cancer resulted in outpatient savings of $11,000 (inclusive of testing costs) within 6 months of initiation of medical therapy.

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