Clinical Trials
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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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Targeting Oncogenic Drivers for Solid Tumor Cancers with Affini-T Therapeutics' Dr. Jak Knowles
5/23/2023
Affini-T Therapeutics combines a validated TCR discovery platform with synthetic biology switches to attack tumor biology at its root cause. Co-Founder, CEO, and President Dr. Jak Knowles joins Cell & Gene: The Podcast Host Erin Harris to discuss how the company engineers immune cells to target oncogenic driver mutations, such as KRAS, the most prevalent oncogenic driver mutation in solid tumors, to minimize potential tumor escape mechanisms.
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Cell & Gene: The Podcast Presents: Better Biopharma's Editors' Roundtable — A Midyear Look at the 2026 Life Sciences Industry
6/15/2026
For episode 131 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, we’re sharing a recent "Better Biopharma" roundtable that Erin Harris had the opportunity to join alongside her Life Science Connect editorial colleagues.
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Inside Sanofi's Genomic Medicine Vision with Mike Quigley, Ph.D.
9/24/2025
On episode 112 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Michael Quigley, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Global Head of Research at Sanofi talks to Host Erin Harris about the establishment of Sanofi’s dedicated Genomic Medicine Unit (GMU). Dr. Quigley emphasizes in vivo delivery and process optimization to improve patient experience, scalability, and global access.
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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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Can Gene Therapy Be The Solution For CHF With AskBio's Dr. Lothar Roessig
12/18/2024
Lothar Roessig, M.D., SVP, Integrated Product Team Lead, Congestive Heart Failure at Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio) discusses the biggest challenges in developing gene therapies for cardiovascular diseases.
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Reimagining In Vivo Gene Editing Through Base Editing and Targeted Delivery with Beam Therapeutics' Gopi Shanker, Ph.D.
6/2/2026
In episode 2 of this four-part in vivo-focused special series of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris sits down with Gopi Shanker, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Beam Therapeutics, for an in-depth conversation on the rapidly evolving landscape of in vivo gene editing and precision genetic medicines.
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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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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.