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Nadia K. Waheed, MD

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Latest Updates on Geographic Atrophy Gene Therapy FOCUS Trial: Nadia K. Waheed, MD

The associate professor from Tufts University School of Medicine discussed the latest updates on the FOCUS trial.


Abhishek Gupta, BS

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Abhishek Gupta, BS, on Addressing Friction Points in the Commercialization of Gene Therapies

The senior vice president of genetic medicines at Syneos Health discussed the importance of end-to-end thinking and collaboration when bringing gene therapies from development to the market.


Krina K. Patel, MD, MSc

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Mitigating Cytokine Release Syndrome in CAR T for Multiple Myeloma: Krina K. Patel, MD, MSc

The associate professor from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discussed mitigating CAR T-cell therapy–related cytokine release syndrome in multiple myeloma.


Mehrdad Abedi, MD

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Orca-T for Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Mehrdad Abedi, MD

The professor of medicine at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center discussed Orca-T, a high precision cell therapy, for patients with acute and chronic graft-vs-host disease.


Nick Boyle, PhD

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Nick Boyle, PhD, on Advantages of In Vivo CAR Therapies

The chief executive officer of Abintus Bio discussed the company’s in vivo approach and how it could help expand patient access to cell therapies.


Adriana Rossi, MD

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Adriana Rossi, MD and Luciano J. Costa, MD, PhD on Earlier CAR T in Multiple Myeloma

Oncologist discuss the possibility of earlier-line CAR T-cell therapies in MM.


Jordyn Sava

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No Significant Reduction of CRS or ICANS Seen With Sobi's Anakinra in Patient's Receiving Liso-Cel for LBCL

The data, which comes from a phase 2 trial, were presented at the 2025 Tandem Meetings.


Kyle Doherty

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More Data Supports Approval as Lifileucel Review for Melanoma Pushed Back

The new PDUFA date of lifileucel is set for Februrary 24, 2024.


Amy Pooler, PhD

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Amy Pooler, PhD, on Improving Gene Delivery to the CNS

The vice president of neuroscience at Sangamo Therapeutics discussed identifying novel capsids with improved neuronal transduction to the CNS.


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.


Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH, ML, MRA

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The Implications of the First Successful Personalized Gene Editing Therapy

Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, MD, PhD, physician-scientists at CHOP, discussed long-term future expectations for personalized gene editing therapy.


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.

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