Clinical Trials
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Rewriting Disease Biology Through LSD1 Inhibition with Oryzon's Carlos Buesa, Ph.D.
4/22/2026
On Episode 127 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Carlos Buesa, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman of the Board at Oryzon talks to Host Erin Harris about how targeting LSD1 is unlocking new treatment approaches across oncology, CNS disorders, and sickle cell disease, with promising early clinical data and a strategy grounded in precision epigenetics.
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Navigating The Journey To Safer Stem Cell Therapies With Orca Bio's Nate Fernhoff
7/29/2025
Cell & Gene: The Podcast Host, Erin Harris, talks to Orca Bio CEO and Co-Founder Nathaniel Fernhoff as he recounts the company’s origins and evolution, tracing its roots to pioneering stem cell research at Stanford University and Dr. Irv Weissman's lab.
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Developing Itvisma for Broad-Range Treatment of SMA with Novartis' Dr. Norman Putzki
12/22/2025
In episode 119 of Cell & Gene The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Dr. Norman Putzki, Global Head Clinical Development, Novartis, about the FDA approval of Itvisma, now the only gene replacement therapy approved for children, adolescents, and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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Treating Inherited Retinal Disorders with Ocugen's Dr. Arun Upadhyay
11/18/2025
In episode 116 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Dr. Arun Upadhyay, Chief Scientific officer, Head of Research and Development at Ocugen to discuss how the company’s modifier gene therapy platform is redefining treatment possibilities for inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, and geographic atrophy.
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Improving TCR T-Cell Persistence and Efficacy with Adaptimmune's Dennis Williams
11/6/2024
On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Dennis Williams, Senior Vice President of Late Stage Development at Adaptimmune. Williams shares valuable insights into the groundbreaking world of TCR T-cell therapies, with a particular focus on the TECELRA trial.
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Live from ARM's Meeting on the Mesa with Kiji Therapeutics' Dr. Miguel Forte
10/23/2024
This episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast was recorded on site during ARM's 2024 Meeting on the Mesa in Phoenix. Tune in to hear Host Erin Harris talk to Miguel Forte, M.D., Ph.D., CEO of Kiji Therapeutics, President of ISCT, and Executive Committee Member of ARM about Kiji's clinical plan and why iPSC-MSC therapy for inflammatory diseases shows great promise.
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CGTs for HIV Suppression with Addimmune's Dr. Marcus Conant
5/9/2024
On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Addimmune CMO, Dr. Marcus Conant, shares the why behind cell and gene therapy to treat HIV, and he explains the company's lead asset, AGT103-T, which is designed to provide broad protection using silencing RNA to inhibit binding/entry of the virus, halt replication, and prevent escape.
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The Intersection Of RNA, AI, And Synthetic Biology With Shape Therapeutics' Dr. Francois Vigneault
7/18/2023
Dr. Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder, President, and CEO at Shape Therapeutics joins Cell & Gene: The Podcast's Erin Harris to discuss how RNA technologies are shaping the future of gene therapy. They also discuss AI's role in gene therapy as well as how the CGT sector is benefiting from RNA, AI, and synthetic biology.
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Harnessing the Power of Cord Blood Tregs with Cellenkos' Dr. Simrit Parmar
3/12/2025
In this episode, Host Erin Harris sits down with Dr. Simrit Parmar, Founder of Cellenkos, to explore how the company is pioneering umbilical cord blood-derived Regulatory T cell (Treg) cell therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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Redefining CAR-T Timing and Patient Access with Allogene Therapeutics' Dr. Zachary Roberts
5/19/2026
In episode 129 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris reconnects with Zachary Roberts, M.D., Ph.D., EVP of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer at Allogene Therapeutics, to explore how allogeneic CAR-T is evolving from a scalability promise into an earlier-line, potentially curative intervention.