Travis Byrd, Ph.D The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH - USA Since the initial exploration of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) for therapeutic use by Dr. Arnold Caplan’s group in 1995, hundreds of clinical trials have been...
Joaquim Vives, PhD Contributing Editor, Telegraft Banc de Sang i Teixits Barcelona, Spain I earned my doctorate in 2002… that’s over 20 years ago, now (!) Throughout this time in research, I had the privilege of mentoring a diverse array of pre-doctoral...
Conrad Russell Y. Cruz MD PhD Senior Editor, Telegraft Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC The organizational psychologist Adam Grant writes that critical thinking requires us to: “(1) Be 10% more skeptical of people you agree with—and 10% more charitable to...
Janet Macpherson, Ph.D. Director SpanCyte Pty Ltd Sydney, NSW, Australia As we start 2025, many of our cell and gene therapy colleagues are heading to the first big events of the year. JPM Healthcare in San Francisco (13-16 Jan 2025) followed by Advanced Therapies...
Ashley Krull, Ph.D. Associate Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing and Engineering James Cancer Hospital Cellular Therapy Laboratory Assistant Professor, Hematology The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, United States As 2024 draws to a close, the Editorial Board of the Telegraft is...
Adaeze Ekwe, PhD Junior Associate Editor ISCT ESP Leadership Development Program Cellular therapies have significantly evolved since inception as one of the most innovative and transformative approaches to treat diseases, offering new hope for patients with conditions previously deemed...
Janet Macpherson, PhD Senior Editor Cytiva Australia As the editorial team discussed the September issue of Telegraft, I proposed CAR T-cells for autoimmune disease as the topic of my editorial. Imagine my surprise, when reviewing the submitted content just days before publication,...
Ashley Krull, Ph.D. Associate Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing and Engineering The James Comprehensive Cancer Center Cellular Therapy Laboratory Assistant Professor, Hematology The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, United States When I starting exploring the idea of psychological...
by Dr. Adaeze Ekwe, PhD Junior Associate Editor ISCT ESP Leadership Development Program Arguably one of the most anticipated awards in the scientific community is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Katalin Karikó PhD and Dr. Drew Weissman PHD were decorated with...
I’ve been dreaming a lot lately about a fictional world where the academic biomedical center and the biotechnology-pharmaceutical complex are one and the same. In this world, there are no more tenured professors or grant applications or surrendering your principles to predatory publishers....