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Podcast recap: Ellen Reisinger on gene therapy for hereditary deafness

In the last episode of The Genetics Podcast, we spoke with Dr. Ellen Reisinger, Professor at the University of Tübingen. Ellen has spent nearly twenty years stu...
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Podcast recap: Ananth Sridhar and Sun-Gou Ji on building a sustainable model for rare disease innovation

On the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, we spoke with Ananth Sridhar, Chief Operating Officer for cardiorenal programs at BridgeBio, and Sun-Gou Ji, the ...
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Podcast recap: Justin Porcano on speeding up treatments for Usher syndrome type 1B

In the last episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick spoke with Justin Porcano, co-founder and executive director of Save Sight Now, a nonprofit accelerating th...
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Podcast recap: Chris Hopkins on developing a one-time cell therapy for Fabry disease

On this episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick spoke with Chris Hopkins, CEO of Glafabra Therapeutics, a company developing a one-time autologous cell therapy...
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Podcast recap: The state of AAV gene therapy and where it’s headed

On the most recent episode of The Genetics Podcast, host Patrick Short took a solo deep dive into gene therapy, with a focus on therapies based on delivery via ...
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Podcast recap: Sonya Dumanis and Andy Singleton on building a global genetics engine for Parkinson’s

On the most recent episode of The Genetics Podcast, we hosted Sonya Dumanis and Andy Singleton to unpack GP2, the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program. GP2 is a ...
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Podcast recap: Wanda Smith on turning a family diagnosis into CureGRN

In last week’s episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick Short sat down with Wanda Smith, founder of CureGRN and long-time advocate for families affected by prog...
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Podcast recap: Terry Pirovolakis on turning his son’s diagnosis into Elpida Therapeutics

On the most recent episode of The Genetics Podcast, we hosted Terry Pirovolakis, founder and CEO of Elpida Therapeutics. Terry’s journey began the day his young...
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Podcast recap: Samuli Ripatti on turning biobank data into clinical impact

On the most recent episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick speaks with Samuli Ripatti, director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) and prof...
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Podcast recap: Jonathan Marchini on scaling statistical genetics from HapMap to millions of exomes

On the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, Patrick sat down with Jonathan Marchini, Head of Statistical Genetics & Machine Learning at the Regeneron Gen...
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