Miguel Forte, MD, PhD President, ISCT MC4TX Belgium The value that cell and gene therapy can deliver to patients is incredibly significant, from potent efficacy to long term benefits and actual cures. Those working in the field know this, believe it, and often wonder why others still...
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...
Ashley Krull, Ph.D. Associate Director W.W. Williams Cellular Therapy Laboratory The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA One week ago, a new manuscript re-introduced the concept of CAR-MSCs and piqued the interest of immunologists and cell biologists afresh. The report,...
Adaeze Ekwe, PhD Junior Associate Editor ISCT ESP Leadership Development Program From the laboratories to the clinics and boardrooms, women have been integral to the progress made in cell and gene therapy. As such for this Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day we...
Wouter Van’t Hof, Contributing Editor Cleveland Cord Blood Center Cleveland OH, USA What’s in Your CGT Product? The shared responsibility of all of us cell and gene therapy developers involved with ISCT and with the ambition of bringing cell-based therapies to...
Janet Macpherson, PhD Cytiva Sydney, Australia Your Telegraft editorial team are dedicating this first issue of 2024 to a reflection of 2023 content and highlights. Please do take the opportunity to catch up on articles that you may have missed during the busy year that...
Successfully Translating Science into New Ventures Interviewed by: Ashley Krull, PhD Telegraft Contributing Editor Mayo Clinic Rochester United States Dr. Maria Fernandez-Garcia, Ph.D. Product Manager Kiji Therapeutics Madrid, Spain Article Dr. Maria...
Interviewed by: Ashley Krull, Ph.D. Telegraft Contributing Editor Mayo Clinic Rochester United States Featured Member: Devin McAvoy, BSc Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States Devin McAvoy is the Research Laboratory Manager for the Immune Discovery and Modeling...
Hind Al Belushi BSC, Mres, PhD Senior specialist, advanced cell and gene therapy Royal Hospital Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Overview of Committee and Scope The ISCT Committee on the Ethics of Cell and Gene Therapy (ECGT)1 was founded in 2013. It was formerly known as the ISCT...
Tobias Tertel, PhD Student Universitätsklinikum Essen Essen, Germany The ISCT Annual Meeting, held this year in Paris, featured a significant event called the "Exosomes Translation Event," which focused on extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their potential in therapies. This event brought...