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Stephanie Cherqui, PhD

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Stephanie Cherqui, PhD, on Bringing Attention to Cystinosis and Gene Therapy

The associate professor from UC San Diego discussed promising efficacy and safety data from a phase 1/2 trial.


Genovefa (Zenia) Papanicolaou, MD

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Genovefa (Zenia) Papanicolaou, MD, on Managing Infectious Diseases in Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplant or Cell Therapy

The infectious diseases specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discussed the session she chaired for the Infectious Diseases Track at Tandem’s 2024 Meeting.


Megan Hollasch

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BASECAMP-1 Trial Identifies Patients With Solid Tumors to Assess Novel CAR T-Cell Therapy

J. Randolph Hecht, MD, discusses the challenges researchers have faced in the development of cellular therapy for patients with solid tumors, and details how A2B530 could potentially overcome some of these obstacles.


Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD

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Dilsher Dhoot, MD, on a Promising Start With Diabetic Retinopathy Gene Therapy RGX-314

The adjunct clinical assistant professor, ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California discussed new data from the ALTITTUDE trial.


Haydar Frangoul, MD

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Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy Exa-Cel's Ability to Prevent VOCs

Haydar Frangoul, MD, the medical director of pediatric hematology/oncology at Sarah Cannon Research Institute and Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at TriStar Centennial, discussed the latest data update from the CLIMB SCD-121 trial evaluating exa-cel.


Robert J. Hariri, MD, PhD

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Robert J. Hariri, MD, PhD, on the Unique Potential of Chimeric Therapy

The founder, chairman, and CEO of Celularity shared his view on the concept of “chimeric vigor” and the potential benefits arising from it in the cell therapy field.


Guoqiang Ai, MD

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Weijia Fang, MD, and Guoqiang Ai, MD, on the Future of IMC001 in Gastric and Colorectal Cancer

Fang commented on a limitation of the clinical trial pointed out at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2022 Congress.


Faraz Ali, MBA

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Faraz Ali, MBA, on Trends in Precision Medicine for Cardiovascular Disease

The chief executive officer of Tenaya Therapeutics discussed the growing interest in genomic medicines in cardiology.


Susan Ruediger

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The Power of Partnership in CMT Gene Therapy Research

Susan Ruediger, founder and chief mission officer, CMT Research Foundation, discussed the origins of the CMTRF.


Michael Severino

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Michael Severino on In Vivo Gene Editing With RNA Gene Writers

The chief executive officer of Tessera Therapeutics discussed ongoing research into developing its platform for sickle cell disease, CAR T-cell therapy, and more.


Jax DiEugenio

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Alfred L. Garfall, MD, MS, on Ide-Cel and Lenalidomide Maintenance in MM Following Suboptimal ASCT Response

The director of the Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Cell Therapy and Transplant Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania discussed data from the phase 2 BMT CTN 1902 trial.


Ami J. Shah, MD

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Ami J. Shah, MD, on Reaching Normalized Hemoglobin With Gene-Edited Cell Therapy in PKD

The clinical professor of pediatrics at Stanford Medicine discussed positive interim findings from a phase 1 study of RP-L301.


Stanley Frankel, MD

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Selecting Cell Therapy Targets in Cancer

The chief executive and medical officers of Cytovia Therapeutics discussed the company's therapeutic targets and cell therapy scaffold.


Vlad Hogenhuis, MD, MBA

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Vlad Hogenhuis, MD, MBA, on Developing Controllable CAR Ts for Solid Tumors

The chief executive officer of Chimera Bioengineering discussed CBIO-007 and its planned IND submission for colorectal and triple negative breast cancer.


Brett Kopelan, MA

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Brett Kopelan, MA, on the Future Treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa With Advanced Therapeutics

In observance of Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week, the executive director of debra of America discussed how a combination of advanced and topical approaches may represent the future of EB treatment.


Kenneth Anderson, MD

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Dr. Anderson on Addressing Unmet Needs in Myeloma With Descartes-11

Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, discusses potentially addressing unmet needs in patients with multiple myeloma through the use of the mRNA-based CAR T-cell therapy Descartes-11.


Jason Fontenot, PhD

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Jason Fontenot, PhD, on Overcoming the Challenge of Delivery for Zinc Finger Epigenetic Repressors

The chief scientific officer of Sangamo Therapeutics discussed the company’s AAV capsid evolution research.


Janice Chen, PhD

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As Gene Editing Technology Advances, Numerous Potential Modalities Emerge

Janice Chen, PhD, the cofounder and chief technology officer of Mammoth Biosciences, discussed the importance of diverse approaches to gene editing to address a variety of indications.


Katie Robinson

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CARsgen Therapeutics’ CT041 Shows Promise in Advanced Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

The chimeric antigen receptor-modified autologous T cells targeting CLDN18.2 had a manageable safety/tolerability profile and promising efficacy.


Eric Crombez, MD

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Addressing Unmet Needs With Gene Therapy

Eric Crombez, PhD, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Ultragenyx Gene Therapy, discussed indications the company is targeting.


Aimee Donald, MBChB, PhD

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Aimee Donald, MBChB, PhD, on Making Progress With Gene Therapy in Lysosomal Storage Diseases

The pediatrician from Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital discussed how further research in Gaucher disease can benefit the field of rare lysosomal diseases as a whole.


Hamid Khoja, PhD

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Assessing Efficacy of Fibroblast Cell Therapy in MS: Hamid Khoja, PhD

The chief scientific officer of FibroBiologics discussed efficacy findings from a phase 1/2 trial.


Daniel Teper, PharmD, MBA

Latest:

Selecting Cell Therapy Targets in Cancer

The chief executive and medical officers of Cytovia Therapeutics discussed the company's therapeutic targets and cell therapy scaffold.


Donald Kohn, MD

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Donald Kohn, MD, on the Trajectory of Gene Therapy

The renowned professor from University of California Los Angeles reflected on receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award from the ASGCT.


Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, PhD

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Continuing the Marathon of Muscular Dystrophy Research

Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD, McCaw Endowed Chair of Muscular Dystrophy at University of Washington, shared his outlook on the trajectory of research in the field.


Pamela Garzone, PhD

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Pamela Garzone, PhD, on Exploring Unknowns in CAR-T for Solid Tumors

The chief development officer of Anixa Biosciences discussed the company’s trial of a CAR-T in ovarian cancer that is looking at the effect of regional administration and lymphodepletion on efficacy.


Alexandra Gomez-Arteaga, MD

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Alexandra Gomez-Arteaga, MD, on Expanding Eligibility for Cell Transplant With Cell Therapy

The Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College discussed the changing cell transplant landscape.


Neil Weinreb, MD

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Challenges With Conducting Clinical Trials in Gaucher Disease: Neil Weinreb, MD

The chair of the International Collaborative Gaucher Group Registry discussed challenges in Gaucher research.


GeneTherapyLive Staff

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CGTLive’s Weekly Rewind – April 8, 2022

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending April 8, 2022.


Jan ter Meulen, MD, PhD

Latest:

Developing Controllable Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapies

Jan ter Meulen, MD, PhD, chief scientific officer, Obsidian Therapeutics, discussed the potential of the cytoDRIVE platform.

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