Clinical Trials
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CRI's Response to NIH Cuts with Alicia Zhou, Ph.D.
4/22/2025
In this episode of the Cell & Gene podcast, Host Erin Harris speaks with Alicia Zhou, Ph.D., CEO of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), about CRI’s mission to advance cancer immunotherapy and the critical role of federal funding, particularly from the NIH, in supporting basic and translational cancer research.
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Inside BlueRock Therapeutics' Parkinson's Disease Trial with Dr. Ahmed Enayetallah
4/25/2024
BlueRock Therapeutics' SVP Head of Development, Dr. Ahmed Enayetallah, joins Cell & Gene: The Podcast Host, Erin Harris, to discuss the company's phase I clinical trial for Parkinson’s disease, which continues to show positive trends at 18 months.
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Redefining Heart Failure Treatment with Precision Autologous Cell Therapy with BioCardia's Peter Altman, Ph.D.
5/6/2025
In this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris sits down with Peter Altman, Ph.D., CEO of BioCardia, to discuss the company’s evolution from a cardiac biotherapeutic delivery firm to a developer of autologous and allogeneic cell therapies for cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
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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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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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Pioneering Next-Gen TCR Therapies In Solid Tumors With Neogene Therapeutics' Carsten Linnemann, Ph.D.
10/9/2024
Carsten Linnemann, Ph.D., CEO of Neogene Therapeutics and Head of Oncology Cell Therapy Clinical Development, AstraZeneca joins Cell & Gene: The Podcast’s Erin Harris to discuss T-cell receptor (TCR) therapies for solid cancers.
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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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Advancing Gene Therapy for FTD with Passage Bio's Dr. Will Chou
8/12/2025
In this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Will Chou, M.D., CEO of Passage Bio about the promise and challenges of developing gene therapies for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a neurodegenerative disease with strong genetic underpinnings.
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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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Capstan Therapeutics' CEO Laura Shawver On In Vivo Cell Engineering
11/10/2022
Capstan Therapeutics' CEO, Laura Shawver, Ph.D., talks us through the company's in vivo CAR therapies and what led to the in vivo cell engineering breakthrough that has been decades in the making. Shawver explains the promise of harnessing mRNA and targeted LNP delivery to train a patient’s body to make CAR-T cells in vivo. She also details best practices to garner funding and investment partnership.