Discovery

1. Inside Genome Editing With CBER's Dr. Peter Marks 9/12/2023

   The FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)'s Dr. Peter Marks makes his second appearance on Cell & Gene: The Podcast. This time Dr. Marks talks to Host, Erin Harris, about base editing and prime editing and their potential to meet unmet medical need. They discuss what clinical holds say about the FDA’s views on gene editing. They also discuss heritable genome editing.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Building Safer CRISPR Medicines for CVD with Scribe Therapeutics' Benjamin Oakes 1/28/2026

   In episode 121 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Scribe Therapeutics' CEO and Co-Founder Benjamin Oakes about building next‑generation CRISPR and epigenetic editing tools to move genetic medicine beyond rare disease into common cardiometabolic indications.

5. 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.

6. Extracellular Vesicle Breakthroughs with Aegle Therapeutics' Dr. Gloria Matthews 6/17/2025

   In this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris interviews Dr. Gloria Matthews, Chief Medical Officer of Aegle Therapeutics, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing therapies for rare and severe dermatologic and immunologic disorders.

7. Engineering Off-The-Shelf Cell Therapies For Cancer And Autoimmune Disease With Ernexa Therapeutics' Sanjeev Luther 9/9/2025

   On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Ernexa Therapeutics' President and CEO, Sanjeev Luther, about how the company is advancing cell therapy innovation for cancer and autoimmune disease through engineered induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells (iMSCs).

8. 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.

9. Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Diseases with Opus Genetics' Dr. George Magrath 7/1/2025

   In this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, George Magrath, CEO of Opus Genetics, shares with Host, Erin Harris, how the company is advancing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), with a focus on LCA5, a rare and severe form of childhood blindness.

10. 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.