Clinical Trials
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Reducing Toxicities in Allogeneic Cell Therapies with Orca Bio's Dr. Scott McClellan
3/28/2024
Orca Bio's CMO, Dr. Scott McClellan, joins Erin Harris on this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast to discuss how and why toxicities continue to stymie allogeneic cell therapies. They cover Orca Bio's plan to potentially lowering the risk of GvHD as well as Orca-T, the investigational high-precision allogeneic cell therapy being evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of multiple hematologic malignancies.
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Rewriting the Playbook for Stargardt Disease with Atsena Therapeutics' Shannon Boye, Ph.D.
7/28/2026
Episode 134 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast features Host Erin Harris' discussion with Shannon Boye, PhD, Founder and CSO of Atsena Therapeutics. Dr. Boye shares how the company is approaching Stargardt disease with a differentiated gene therapy strategy built around delivery, dual-vector design, and a disciplined go/no-go framework.
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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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A New Approach to Genome Engineering with Tessera Therapeutics' Dr. Michael Severino
9/11/2024
Tessera Therapeutics' CEO, Dr. Michael Severino, joins Host Erin Harris to discuss Gene Writing, the biotech's genome engineering technology that writes therapeutic messages into the genome to treat diseases at their source. Severino discusses why delivery has always been a challenge for gene editing technologies and why Gene Writing is different when it comes to efficient delivery.
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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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Inside Gene Therapies for Cardiac Care with Tenaya Therapeutics' Faraz Ali
2/11/2025
In this episode, Erin Harris sits down with Faraz Ali, CEO of Tenaya Therapeutics, to explore the cutting-edge world of gene therapies for heart diseases. As Tenaya makes significant strides in developing innovative treatments, Ali shares insights on Tenaya's gene therapy platform, their in-house manufacturing capabilities, and the potential impact of their therapies on prevalent heart conditions.
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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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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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Simplifying Friction in Cell Therapy Clinical Trials with Dr. Panteli Theocharous
2/24/2026
In episode 123 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Dr. Panteli Theocharous, FIBMS, M.S., Ph.D., FRCPath, about the patient journey in cell therapy trials.
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Optogenetics for Vision Restoration with Ray Therapeutics' Paul Bresge
9/25/2024
Ray Therapeutics' Co-Founder and CEO, Paul Bresge, joins Host Erin Harris to talk about optogenetics and how the company’s optogenetics approach differs from other gene therapies on the market developed to restore vision in retinal diseases like retinitis pigmentosa.