Discovery
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Globalization's Impact on Patient Access with ARM's COO, Rita Johnson-Greene
11/20/2024
Rita Johnson-Greene, COO at Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) joined Cell & Gene: The Podcast Host, Erin Harris, on-site during the 2024 Meeting on the Mesa to record their discussion. Johnson-Greene shared information about the Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) in Europe and its potential impact on cell and gene therapies, how globalization impacts patient access, an update on ARM's Grow Internship Program, as well as a few key takeaways from the event that sector professionals can anticipate impacting the CGTs in the next 12 months and beyond.
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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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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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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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Tackling 'The Delivery Problem' Of Gene Editing-Based Medicines
7/18/2024
Lucas Harrington, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Mammoth Biosciences, joins Erin Harris to shed light on the biotech's proprietary ultracompact CRISPR systems to develop potential long-term curative therapies for patients with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. They discuss why in vivo delivery continues to be a bottleneck against the clinical advancement of gene-editing-based medicines and what ultracompact CRISPR systems are designed to do.
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Developing an mRNA Therapy for DMD with Elixirgen Therapeutics' Aki Ko
6/5/2024
Elixirgen Therapeutics' Aki Ko joins Erin Harris to detail the company's Bobcat mRNA™ therapeutic and how it differs from traditional exon-skipping drugs and AAV-microdystrophin in treating DMD.
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Gene Therapies For Spinal Cord-Related Disorders With SwanBio's CSO
9/16/2021
Karen Kozarsky, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CSO of SwanBio explains how the company is pioneering a deep and varied pipeline of gene therapies for genetically defined neurological diseases with a focus on the spinal cord.
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Advancing Retinal Gene Therapy with Atsena Therapeutics' Dr. Kenji Fujita
3/25/2025
In this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris dives into the world of retinal gene therapy with Kenji Fujita, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Atsena Therapeutics.
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Rethinking Large Animal Models in Gene Therapy with Novartis' Ralf Schmid, Ph.D.
7/15/2025
On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Ralf Schmid, Ph.D., Associate Director of Preclinical Research at Novartis Biomedical Research, about the evolving use of large animal models in gene therapy development.
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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.