Authors


Bradley Monk, MD, FACOG, FACS

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Mechanism of VB-111 in Treating Ovarian Cancer: Bradley Monk, MD, FACOG, FACS

Bradley Monk, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses the mechanism of VB-111 in patients with ovarian cancer.


Karl Trounson, BSc

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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.


Peter Marks, MD, PhD

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Peter Marks, MD, PhD, on Bringing More Gene Therapies to Patients

The director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA discussed his keynote speech at the 2023 MDA Conference.


Cory R. Nicholas, PhD

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Cory R. Nicholas, PhD, on Future Plans for Additional Research With Epilepsy Cell Therapy NRTX-1001

The cofounder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics discussed the company’s goals to evaluate the cell therapy in more types of epilepsy and potentially even in Alzheimer disease.


Françoise Bernaudin, MD

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Françoise Bernaudin, MD, on alloSCT Superiority Over SOC for Sickle Cell Anemia

The head of the Referral Center for Sickle Cell Disease and Clinical Research Department at Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil of the Université Paris Cité discussed the Drepagreffe-1 and 2 studies and improvements seen over 10 years of follow-up.


Massimo Trucco, MD

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Massimo Trucco, MD, on the Potential of Islet Cell Transplant

The director of the Alleghany Health Network Institute of Cellular Therapeutics discussed possible applications of the procedure.


Omid Hamid, MD

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Omid Hamid, MD, on Assessing TIL Combination Therapies, Expanding Past Melanoma

The professor from Cedars Sinai discussed further research being conducted in the field after lifileucel’s approval.


John Pollack, MD

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Encapsulated Cell Therapy for Retinal Diseases

John Pollack, MD, discusses gene therapy advancements for retinal diseases.


Shebli Atrash, MD

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Shebli Atrash, MD, on BCMA-Directed Therapy Options for Multiple Myeloma

Shebli Atrash, MD, discussed the current landscape of available BCMA-directed therapies for treating multiple myeloma.


Alexandra Collin de l’Hortet, PhD

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Evaluating Epigenetic Gene Therapy for the Treatment of FSHD

Alexandra Collin de l’Hortet, PhD, the head of therapeutics at Epic Bio, discussed EPI-321, an investigational treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.


Cristina Gasparetto, 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.


Kevin Heller, MD

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Future Research in Gene and Cell Therapy Conditioning

Kevin Heller, MD, executive vice president of research, Jasper Therapeutics, discussed future research with JSP191.


Dan Oliver

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Advantages of Concurrently Investigating Gene Therapies in Dogs and Humans

Dan Oliver, cofounder and chief executive officer, Rejuvenate Bio, discussed the advantages of developing gene therapies for both dogs and humans.


Sid Kerkar, MD

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Sid Kerkar, MD, on Developing CAR T Therapies Without Lymphodepletion Chemotherapy

The vice president of oncology and research and development at Exuma Biotech discussed the company’s platforms, including CAR-TaNK cells.


Matthew Frigault, MD, MS

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Matthew Frigault, MD, MS, on CART-ddBCMA's Potential in Multiple Myeloma

The study's primary investigator shared his thoughts on where CART-ddBCMA could fit within the treatment landscape.


Guenther Koehne, MD, PhD

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Axi-Cel vs Tisa-Cel in R/R Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma : Guenther Koehne, MD, PhD

The deputy director and chief of stem cell transplantation at Miami Cancer Institute discussed the study of axicabtagene ciloleucel vs tisagenlecleucel in relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.


Jonathan Yen, PhD

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Jonathan Yen, PhD, on Continuing Research With Prime Editing for Sickle Cell Disease

The director of therapeutic genome engineering, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discussed challenges with performing prime editing in cells.


Larry D. Anderson, Jr, MD, PhD

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Multiple Myeloma KarMMA Trial Methodology: Larry Anderson, MD

The associate professor from Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed the methodology of the phase 2 KarMMa trial.


Mark Orchard

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Bringing Gene Therapies to Market With the Help of MEAs

With a new paradigm of treating previously incurable diseases comes a new pay paradigm for million-dollar therapies.


Michael Heffernan

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Developing a Safer Allogeneic Cell Therapy for Ovarian Cancer

Michael Heffernan, chairman and chief executive officer, Avenge Bio, discussed AVB-001's lower systemic toxicity profile seen in preclinical studies.


Scott Jeffers, PhD

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The Importance of Precise Reproducibility of AAVs

Scott Jeffers, PhD, the chief technology officer at GenSight Biologics, discussed using Verdot’s FlexiPro system to produce Lumevoq gene therapy.


Ben Creelan, MD

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Ben Creelan, MD, on the Potential of Logic-gated Tmod CAR-T in Lung Cancer and Other Solid Tumors

The medical oncologist at Moffitt Cancer Center spoke about A2 Bio’s A2B530 as part of a larger discussion of novel cell therapy approaches in solid tumors.


Evan Zynda, PhD

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Evan Zynda, PhD, on Optimizing Manufacturing to Increase Access to Cell Therapy

The senior scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific discussed the company’s approach to scaling and strategic partnerships.


Claire Roddie, MD, PhD, FRCPath, MBChB, MRCP

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Claire Roddie PhD, FRCPath, MBChB, MRCP, on the Potential Advantage Obe-cel's Fast Off-rate CD19 Binding Domain

The associate professor at University College London also discussed unmet needs that remain in r/r B-ALL and another presentation of interest at ASCO’s 2023 conference.


Rajni Agarwal-Hashmi, MD

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Rajni Agarwal-Hashmi, MD, on Safety Advantages of Gene Therapy in Fanconi Anemia Over SOC

The professor of pediatrics at Stanford Cancer Institute discussed recent data from clinical trials of the lentiviral gene therapy RP-L102.


Kenneth H. Shain, MD, PhD

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CAR T and Other Emerging Therapies in R/R Multiple Myeloma: Kenneth H. Shain, MD, PhD

The hematologist/oncologist at Moffitt Cancer Center discussed emerging therapies for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Paula Rodríguez Otero, MD, PhD

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Paula Rodríguez Otero, MD, PhD, on Demonstrating Ide-cel's PFS Superiority in Triple-Class-Exposed R/R Multiple Myeloma

The hematologist at the University of Navarra discussed updated data from the phase KarMMa-3 trial.


J. Andrew Livingston, MD, MS

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J. Andrew Livingston, MD, on Starting the Shift Toward Targeted Therapies in Sarcoma

The associate professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center discussed his future outlook and goals for the field of sarcoma.


Dan Shelly, PhD

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Dan Shelly, PhD, on Developing an Allogeneic, Adaptable CAR Platform

The vice president of business development and alliances at Prescient Therapeutics discussed advantages of the OmniCAR, SpyTag, and SpyCatcher technologies.


Richard Boyd, PhD

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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.

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