Authors


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.


Alessandro Aiuti, MD, PhD

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Alessandro Aiuti, MD, PhD, on Durable, Clinically Meaningful Efficacy of Arsa-Cel in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

The deputy director, clinical research, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for gene therapy, discussed long-term follow-up data of up to 12 years.


Hattie Hayes

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Genetic and Gender Factors Linked to Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy in University College London Study

These findings could support gene therapies targeting CTG18.1 that are currently in development.


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 – March 21, 2025

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending March 21, 2025.


Deborah Phippard, PhD

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Deborah Phippard, PhD, on the Challenges of Evaluating Gene Therapy for Parkinson Disease

The chief scientific officer of Precision for Medicine discussed unique difficulties of designing clinical trials for PD gene therapy candidates.


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.


Steve Kanner, PhD

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Caribou Biosciences' chRDNA Technology May Enable New Treatments for ATTR and Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Steve Kanner, PhD, the chief scientific officer of Caribou Biosciences, discussed results from preclinical research evaluating the gene editing approach.


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.


Sandi See Tai, MD

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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.


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/


Saurabh Dahiya, MD, FACP

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CAR-T KITE-363's Safety Profile in R/R B-Cell Lymphoma

Saurabh Dahiya, MD, FACP, an associate professor of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, discussed safety and efficacy data from a phase 1 trial for Kite's CD19/CD20-directed CAR-T.


Peter Cook, PhD

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Peter Cook, PhD, on Exploring DARIC CAR T-Cells for Autoimmune Indications

The senior research scientist at Seattle Children’s Research Institute discussed preclinical work on using dimerizing agent-regulated immune-receptor complex T-cells to target plasma cells.


Noah Stansfield

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Eugenio Galli, MD, PhD, on Reexamining Frailty as a Barrier to CAR-T Treatment

The hematologist at the Hematology and Stem Cell Transplants Unit of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS in Rome discussed a study on the effect of comorbidities in patients receiving CAR-T.


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.


V. Silverstein, MD

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Novel Approaches for the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Bone Loss

Current novel therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of bone loss in patients with inflammatory joint disease target cytokines and other inflammatory mediators. Mesenchymal stem cell therapy is a compelling new treatment currently being studied in clinical trials.


Michael R. Page, PharmD, RPh

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Trial Initiated to Measure Efficacy of T-Cell Therapy in Secondary Progressive MS

Opexa Therapeutics is initiating a phase IIb trial of a novel therapy that targets T-cells in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.


Daniel S. Levine

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Osiris Wins Canadian Approval for World's First Stem Cell Drug

Osiris Therapeutics said it has received approval from Health Canada to market its stem cell therapy Prochymal for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease in children.

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