Authors


Cristina Gasparetto, MD

Latest:

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

Latest:

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

Latest:

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

Latest:

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

Latest:

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.


Jan Davidson, MD, PhD

Latest:

Targeting Cancers With CAR T and NK Cells

Jan Davidson, MD, PhD, chief medical officer, Wugen, discussed the company’s future plans and research.


Doris Hansen, MD

Latest:

The Potential of ALLO-715 in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Doris Hansen, MD

The hematologist from Moffitt Cancer Center discussed the promise of ALLO-715 in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Abby Reinhard

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Gene Therapy Well-Tolerated in Late-Onset Pompe Disease

Interim safety data from the FORTIS study were presented at WORLDSympsoium.


Michael D. Clayman, MD

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Exploring Advanced Approaches for Pain Relief

The chief executive officer and co-founder of Flexion Therapeutics discussed the company’s pain-focused pipeline, which includes a gene therapy that targets inflammation.


R. Nolan Townsend

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Gene Therapy for APOE4 Homozygous Alzheimer Disease

R. Nolan Townsend, Sandi See Tai, MD, and Kim G. Johnson, MD, discussed Lexeo Therapeutics’ LX1001 gene therapy trial that demonstrated promising safety and biomarker effects in patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease.


Thomas Povsic, MD, PhD

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Thomas Povsic, MD, PhD, on Ongoing Research With XC001 Angina Gene Therapy

The interventional cardiologist and professor, Duke University School of Medicine, discussed other populations that may benefit from XC001 and the challenges and opportunities with a surgical delivery of treatment.


Ashley Gallagher

Latest:

1-Year Data on Omidubicel Shows Sustained Benefits, Reduced Infection Rates

There was a continued trend toward improvement of overall survival with omidubicel at 73% compared with UCBT at 60%.


Ben Shaberman

Latest:

The Growing Popularity of Gene Therapy for Retinal Diseases

Foundation Fighting Blindness is helping to support the development of gene therapies for retinal diseases.


Arthur Kuan

Latest:

Advantages of CG0070 Over Standard Care for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

The chief executive officer of CG Oncology discussed the role of CG0070 in patients who are unresponsive and responsive to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy.


Carsten Brunn, PhD

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Re-Dosing With Gene Therapies in Rare Diseases

Takashi Kei Kishimoto, PhD, and Carsten Brunn, PhD, the chief science and executive officers of Selecta Biosciences, discussed the immunogenicity-mitigating properties of ImmTOR.


Dolores Schendel, PhD

Latest:

The Importance of Collaboration in Developing Next Generation Cell Therapies

Dolores Schendel, PhD, chief executive and chief scientific officer, Medigene, discussed the company’s collaboration with 2seventy bio to develop TCR T-cell therapies.

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