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David Rizzieri, MD

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Treatment Options After CAR T Therapy for Large B-Cell Lymphoma

The professor of medicine from Duke University School of Medicine discussed treatment approaches for after relapse on CAR T cell therapy or for patients who are ineligible for CAR T therapy.


Chris Bond, PhD

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Chris Bond, PhD, on Allogeneic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Approaches to Cell Therapy

The senior vice president of Research & Early Development at Notch Therapeutics discussed the company’s approach to overcoming the drawbacks of autologous cell therapies.


Travis Harrison, PhD - Vice President, Bioassay Solutions, Precision for Medicine

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Neutralizing Antibody Versus Total Antibody Assays in Gene Therapy Development: Key Considerations for Assessing Immunogenicity

Viral vectors have become the most common method for delivering gene therapy; however, pre-existing humoral immunogenicity can potentially render a gene therapy ineffective.


Juliane Gust, MD, PhD

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Juliane Gust, MD, PhD, on Evaluating Longterm Neurological Outcomes for CAR-T in Pediatric Patients

The assistant professor of neurology at University of Washington, Seattle Children's discussed efforts to address a gap in knowledge in the long-term effects of CAR-T, if any, on children’s neurological development.


Lana Dykes

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Achieving Remission in Lupus With CAR T Therapy

Teodora Staeva, PhD, chief scientific officer, Lupus Research Alliance, discussed the potential of the approach in patients with SLE.


Suzanne Lentzsch, MD

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Weighing Benefits and Risks of Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma: Suzanne Lentzsch, MD

The professor of clinical medicine, director, Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Program, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, discussed utility of cellular therapies in multiple myeloma.


Tom E. Howard, MD, PhD

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Tom E. Howard, MD, PhD, on a Gene Editing Approach to Treating Hemophilia A

The clinical professor in the Department of Human Genetics at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley discussed how a personalized gene editing approach may help patients avoid development of FVIII inhibitors.


Bella Neufeld, PhD

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Bella Neufeld, PhD, on Addressing Pain Points in AAV Gene Therapy Development

The director of research and development at Teknova discussed the company’s recent announcement of a new line of products intended to streamline process development in AAV gene therapy manufacturing.


Nadezhda Omelchenko, MD

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Nadezhda Omelchenko, MD, on Treating Rare Sarcomas With Autologous Natural Killer Cell Therapy

The research associate at Cancer Center of Southern California in Santa Monica discussed findings from 3 patients treated with a combination therapy that included NK cell therapy SNK01.


Alexandra Ward, MA

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STRIVE-02: First-in-Human B7H3 CAR T-Cells for Pediatric Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors

Three of the 9 patients who received the infusion demonstrated best overall response of Stable Disease, and investigators determined dose level 2 to be the biologically effective dose.


Greg Kunst

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Improving Outcomes in Corneal Endothelial Disease With Cell Therapy

Greg Kunst, chief executive officer, Aurion Biotech, discussed the potential of cell therapy in treating people with corneal endothelial disease around the world.


Amit Soni, MD

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Amit Soni, MD, on Challenges to the Uptake of Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

The medical director of the Center for Inherited Blood Disorders discussed barriers to the widespread adoption of val-rox by the hemophilia A community.


Mary Jane "MJ" Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L, CPPC, CLCP, FASIA

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Mary Jane "MJ" Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L, CPPC, CLCP, FASIA, on Reevaluating Outcome Measures for Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials

The director of the Center for Outcomes and Measurement in the Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University discussed the research she presented at the first Annual SCI Investor Symposium.


Charles Morris, MBBS

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Expanding the Use of CAR T Therapy With shRNA

The chief executive and chief medical officers of Celyad Oncology discussed the company’s future research and plans.


Jake Becraft, PhD

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Potential of mRNA-Based Gene Therapies

Jake Becraft, PhD, chief executive officer and cofounder, Strand Therapeutics, discussed the company’s future research and plans.


Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH

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Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH, on the Challenges of Bringing Cell Therapy to Autoimmune Disease

The chief of the Division of Rheumatology and professor of medicine and professor of epidemiology at Penn Medicine discussed challenges on the horizon in this rapidly emerging field.


Fernanda Mesquita, PhD

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Fernanda Mesquita, PhD, on Using LAMA2-Exosomes to Improve Cardiomyocyte Survival in Stroke

The research associate at the The Texas Heart Institute discussed preclinical research she presented at AHA’s 2023 Scientific Sessions on MSC-derived exosomes.


Chiraag Kapadia

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Chiraag Kapadia on Investigating Clonal Hematopoiesis After CAR T-cell Therapy

The MD, PhD candidate at Baylor College of Medicine discussed findings from a new study presented at the 2023 Tandem Meetings.


Mark Forman, MD, PhD

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Mark Forman, MD, PhD, on Genetic Testing and Further Research in Frontotemporal Dementia

The chief medical officer of Passage Bio discussed research needs in FTD.


Lauren Veltri, MD

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WVU Cancer Institute Cellular Therapy Program Recognized by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Lauren Veltri, MD Director, WVU Cancer Institute Hematopoietic Malignancy and Cellular Therapy Program, discussed the recent FACT accreditation.


Eileen Tzng, BA

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Eileen Tzng, BA, on Exploring Exosome and RNA-based Treatment Methods for Heart Failure

The life science research professional at Stanford University discussed preclinical research she presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023.


James Gulley, MD, PhD, FACP

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James Gulley, MD, PhD, FACP, on Assessing a Novel TCR Bifunctional Antibody in CPI-Resistant Solid Tumors

The director of the Medical Oncology Service at the National Cancer Institute discussed the START-001 trial.


CGTLive Staff

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CGTLive®’s Weekly Rewind – May 17, 2024

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending May 17, 2024.


Deborah Phippard, PhD

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Deborah Phippard, PhD, on the Future of Gene Therapy in Neurology

The chief scientific officer of Precision for Medicine discussed what lies on the horizon for gene therapies directed at neurological indications, such as Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.


Luca Biasco, PhD

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Performing In-Depth Analysis of Lentiviral Cell Therapies: Luca Biasco, PhD

The director of research and development at AVROBIO discussed the molecular follow-up of cell therapies.


Paul Wuh-Liang Hwu, MD, PhD

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Paul Wuh-Liang Hwu, MD, PhD, on Questions Remaining With AADC Deficiency

Upstaza has been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission.


Keith Stewart, MD, ChB, MBA

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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.


Pat Furlong, BSN, RN

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Pat Furlong, BSN, RN, on Progress With Research and Advocacy in Muscular Dystrophy

The founding president and chief executive officer of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy discussed how far the field has come since founding the organization/


Noah Stansfield

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Otoferlin-Related Hearing Loss Gene Therapy May Open the Door to Gene Therapies for Other Types of Hearing Loss

Lawrence R. Lustig, MD, discussed promising early results from the phase 1/2 CHORD trial evaluating Decibel Therapeutics and Regenerons’ DB-OTO.


Innovation and Value Initiative

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For Cell and Gene Therapies, MCDA Holds Promise for Improving Equity in Value Assessment

Assessing the value of novel therapies has been challenging and controversial using existing methods, pointing to the need for continued exploration of new approaches.

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