Discovery

  1. 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.

  2. Inside A Dopamine-Restoring Cell Therapy For PD With BlueRock Therapeutics' Dr. Amit Rakhit 12/4/2024

    On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris, invites BlueRock Therapeutics' Dr. Amit Rakhit to take a deep dive into therapy options for Parkinson's disease (PD). They discuss how BlueRock's bemdaneprocel's mechanism of action differs from traditional PD treatments, the limitations of current PD medications, and much more.

  3. The Future of In Vivo Gene Editing and Clinical Translation with Precision Biosciences' Cassie Gorsuch, Ph.D. 5/26/2026

    In this first episode our in vivo-focused special series of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris speaks with Cassie Gorsuch, Ph.D., CSO at Precision Biosciences, about the rapid evolution of in vivo gene editing and the scientific, translational, and regulatory hurdles shaping the field.

  4. 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.

  5. Advancing Hematology and Cell Therapy Innovation with AstraZeneca's Aliya Omer 11/4/2025

    On episode 115 of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Aliya Omer, Vice President and Global Head of Hematology and Cell Therapy at AstraZeneca, who shares valuable insights from her rich experience leading cell therapy development across multiple top companies.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Inside Cellular Rejuvenation Therapies for Age-Related Diseases with Life Biosciences' Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson, Ph.D. 3/14/2024

    On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to Life Biosciences' CSO, Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson, Ph.D., about the Boston-based biotech's cellular rejuvenation therapies for the treatment of age-related diseases.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.