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Abdullah Kutlar, MD, Augusta University

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Stem Cell vs Gene Therapy Processes in Sickle Cell Disease

A discussion of the course of gene therapy compared with stem cell therapy.


Wally Smith, MD

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Stem Cell vs Gene Therapy Processes in Sickle Cell Disease

A discussion of the course of gene therapy compared with stem cell therapy.


Patrick McGann, MD, MS

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Stem Cell vs Gene Therapy Processes in Sickle Cell Disease

A discussion of the course of gene therapy compared with stem cell therapy.


Carsten G. Bönnemann, MD

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Carsten Bönnemann, MD, on Identifying At-Risk Genotypes for DMD Gene Therapy

The senior investigator from NINDS discussed findings investigating serious AEs across different trials.


Prof. Carel Hoyng

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Ongoing Gene Therapy Trials in Stargardt Disease : Prof. Carel Hoyng

The professor of ophthalmology from Radboud University, The Netherlands, discussed ongoing gene therapy trials in Stargardt disease.


N. Nora Bennani, MD

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N. Nora Bennani, MD, on Diving Deeper Into T-Cell Lymphomas

The assistant professor at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine shared her outlook and predictions on research with T-cell lymphomas.


Amber Freed

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Transforming Challenges Into Action for SLC6A1

In honor of Rare Disease Day, observed this year on February 28, Amber Freed, the founder of SLC6A1 Connect, shared thoughts on advocacy and efforts to raise awareness for rare genetic disease SLC6A1.


Heidi Anne Duerr, MPH

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B-VEC Shows Quality of Life Improvements in Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Krystal Biotech's investigational topical gene therapy has shown promise in DEB. It is designed to deliver COL7A1 and restore C7 protein in patients with the rare disorder.


Giedre Krenciute, PhD

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Giedre Krenciute, PhD, on Revitalizing T-cells in CAR T-cell Therapy

The assistant member of the bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy department at St. Jude Children’s Hospital discussed preclinical research presented at ASH 2022.


Michael Parini, JD

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Pursuing Slow but Steady Gene Therapy Development

Michael Parini, chief executive officer and director, Freeline Therapeutics, discussed the company’s pipeline and mission.


Aimee C. Talleur, MD

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Aimee C. Talleur, MD, on the Challenge of Evaluating Late Effects from CAR-T in Pediatric Patients

The physician from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discussed the importance of involvement from patients and families while researching the long-term impact of CAR-T.


Rigo Garcia, MPH

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Rigo Garcia, MPH, on Improving DE&I in Rare Disease Health Care

The executive director of Hemophilia Foundation Southern California discussed issues with minorities accessing care for rare diseases and strategies to mitigate them.


Noelle V. Frey, MD, MSCE

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Utility of CART22-65s and huCART19 in R/R ALL: Noelle V. Frey, MD, MSCE

The associate professor from Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, discussed co-administered CART22-65s and huCART19 in relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Tycel Jovelle Phillips, MD

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CAR T-Cell Therapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Tycel Jovelle Phillips, MD

The clinical associate professor from the Rogel Cancer Center at Michigan Medicine discussed the future of CAR T-cell therapy in mantle cell lymphoma patients.


Sukumar Nagendran, MD

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Sukumar Nagendran, MD, on the Potential of TSHA-102 in Pediatric Patients With Rett Syndrome

The president and head of R&D at Taysha Gene Therapies discussed his expectation that younger patients my see even better results with the company’s gene therapy than the adult patients treated so far.


Amer Beitinjaneh, MD, MSc, MPH, FACP

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Amer Beitinjaneh, MD, MSc, MPH, FACP, on Treating EBV+ PTLD With Tab-cel

The associate professor of medicine at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed updated data from the phase 3 ALLELE study.


Richard James, PhD

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Richard James, PhD, on the Potential of Engineered Plasma Cells in Cancer

The associate professor at the University of Washington, and principal investigator at Seattle Children's Research Institute discussed results from a leukemia mouse model.


Mitchell Horwitz, MD

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Mitchell Horwitz, MD, on Cost-Effectiveness of Omidubicel for Allo-HCT

The professor of medicine at Duke Cancer Institute discussed uptake and research with the cord blood therapy since its approval.


Vivien Sheehan, MD, PhD

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Vivien Sheehan, MD, PhD, on Choosing the Right Treatment Option for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

The associate professor of pediatrics at Emory University also discussed the need to empower patients and families to make their own treatment decisions.


Julian Adams, PhD

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Tackling Storage and Logistical Challenges in Cell Therapy

The chief executive officer of Gamida Cell discussed upcoming research on 2 of their investigational agents, GDA-201 and omidubicel, for hematological malignancies.


Emma Ciafaloni, MD

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Emma Ciafaloni, MD, on the State of Gene Therapy in Neuromuscular Disease

The professor of neurology and pediatrics at University of Rochester Medical Center spoke about her session at MDA’s 2023 conference.


Elias Jabbour, MD

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Determining Order of CAR T Therapy: Elias Jabbour, MD; Jae Park, MD

The oncologists from MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers discuss sequencing CAR T-cell therapies and other key therapies in patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Mounzer Agha, MD

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Mitigating Adverse Events in CAR T-Cell Therapy: Mounzer Agha, MD

The director of the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discussed strategies to manage AEs associated with CAR T therapy.


Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD

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Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, on the Changing Field of RNA-Based Treatments

The endowed chair in cellular and molecular medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital discussed the rapid advancements in RNA-based treatments in the past 2 decades and potential advancements that remain on the horizon.


Steven W. Pipe, MD

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Evaluating siRNA Therapy Fitusiran in Combination With Antithrombin Modulation for Hemophilia

Steven W. Pipe, MD, a professor of pediatric hematology/oncology at CS Mott Children’s Hospital, discussed findings from the open-label extension of the ATLAS studies at ASH 2024.


Karen Walker

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Treating Autoimmune Diseases With Smarter Cell Therapies

Karen Walker, chief technology officer, Kyverna Therapeutics, discussed the company’s CAR T-cell and regulatory T-cell technologies.


Milan Zdravkovic, MD, PhD

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Milan Zdravkovic, MD, PhD, on Using CRISPR-Cas Systems to Target Pathogens

Milan Zdravkovic, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of SNIPR Biome, discussed the company’s ongoing research on targeting E Coli in the blood with CRISPR-based medication.


Jonah Feldman

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Bristol Myers Squibb and 2seventy bio's CAR-T Ide-Cel Effects Responses in CNS-Involved R/R Multiple Myeloma

Real-world data showed ide-cel was active in patients with central nervous system manifestations of multiple myeloma.


M. Peter Marinkovich, MD

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M. Peter Marinkovich, MD, on Bringing RDEB Treatment to the Local Level With B-VEC

The associate professor of dermatology at Stanford University discussed how the May 2023 approval of B-VEC may shift the treatment field for RDEB.


Tami John, MD

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Tami John, MD, on the FDA Approvals of Exa-cel and Lovo-cel

The clinical associate professor at Stanford Medicine also discussed ongoing trends in sickle cell disease research.

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