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Mark DeWitt and Don Kohn Discuss Their ex vivo CRISPR-based Therapy to Cure Sickle Cell Anemia from 2023-10-20T00:01
Dr. Mark DeWitt Ph.D., Associate Director at Mammoth Biosciences, and Dr. Don Kohn M.D., distinguished professor and Director of the UCLA Human Gene and Cell Therapy Program and CIRM grantee sat...
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Dina Simkin Breaks Down Epilepsy Cell Modeling from 2023-05-16T05:00
Dina Simkin, Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University, joins us in this episode of CRISPR Cuts. Dr. Simkin talks about her path to becoming a researcher, art, and the importance of pati...
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Sunil Sharma and Raffaella Soldi Talk CRISPR For Unbiased Drug Screening for Rare Pediatric Cancers from 2023-04-24T16:18:39
Dr. Sunil Sharma and Dr. Raffaella Soldi of the Translational Genomics Research Institute chat about using CRISPR arrayed screens to identify novel drug targets for Ewing's Sarcoma, outlooks for...
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Stephanie Cherqui Discusses Clinical Development of CRISPR Therapies for Rare Diseases from 2023-03-20T04:00
Professor Stephanie Cherqui, UCSD, has worked on the development of cell therapies for two rare g...
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Christian Groendahl On Pioneering a CRISPR-based Microbial Gene Therapy from 2022-12-05T14:07:18
Tune in to hear Christian Groendahl, CEO of SNIPR Biome, talk about CRISPR editing in prokaryotes, their novel E. coli-targeting CRISPR therapy trials, and his experiences and vision leading a s...
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Bryan Dechairo Envisions an Accessible Future for CRISPR Diagnostics from 2022-09-06T05:00
In this episode, Bryan Dechairo, CEO of Sherlock Biosciences, talks about the impact of technology advances in the field of CRISPR diagnostics, his experiences leading Sherlock Biosciences, and ...
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Ayal Hendel Talks About CRISPR in Bubble Boy Disease from 2022-06-07T13:02:27
Dr. Ayal Hendel, a genome-editing pioneer and group leader at Bar Ilan University in Israel, was one of the first researchers to use modified synthetic sgRNA to edit primary cells with CRISPR. I...
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Jimi Olaghere Opens up About His Sickle Cell Disease and CRISPR Trial from 2022-05-05T05:00
Jimi has dealt with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder with serious implications, his entire life. Undergoing a CRISPR gene editing trial turned his hope for a cure into reality with promis...
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TJ Cradick Speaks About Their HIV CRISPR Therapy in Trials from 2022-03-31T04:00
TJ Cradick, Chief Scientific Officer at Excision Bio, discusses their CRISPR HIV therapy that recently proceeded into clinical trials in this episode and their ongoing work on other viral diseas...
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Bryce Olson Relays His Experience on Personalized Therapies for Cancer Patients from 2022-03-15T11:19:52
After being diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer, Bryce Olson quickly learned the science behind it and has leveraged NGS to understand his tumor genomics and find opportunities in personal...
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Neville Sanjana Discusses Ways to Enhance CRISPR-Cas13 Knockdown in Human Cells from 2022-01-28T05:00
In this collaboration episode with NEB, we interview Dr. Neville Sanjana, a core faculty member at the New York Genome Center, about his recent publication in which chemically modified guide RNA...
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Kiana Aran Chats About her Nature Award and New Non-Profit from 2021-11-15T13:54:59
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Kiana Aran, the CSO of Cardea Bio and associate professor at Keck Graduate Institute, who recently won the Nature Research Award for Inspiring Women in Science....
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6 Women CRISPR Leaders Get Candid About Their Journeys to the Top from 2021-10-28T08:36:19
We chatted with six female leaders in the CRISPR—Alison van Eenennaam, Ph.D., Kiana Aran, Christina Trojel-Hansen, Ph.D., Laura Lambert, Ph.D., Elena Miñones Moyano, Ph.D., and Samantha Maragh, ...
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Jesse Boehm Discusses Tackling Rare Cancers Using CRISPR from 2021-07-28T05:00
In this CRISPR Cuts episode, Dr. Jesse Boehm, the Chief Scientific Officer of the Break Through Cancer Foundation and principal investigator at the Broad Institute, talks about his work on rare ...
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NIH Scientists Discuss the iNDI Project for Alzheimer's Disease Modeling from 2021-06-13T17:25:14
The Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Neurodegeneration Initiative (iNDI), an NIH effort, aims to standardize disease models for Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Hear the principal contributors,...
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Joe Miano Talks About Prime Editing in Mice from 2021-05-26T08:54:26
Prime editing is a new genome engineering tool that emerged just a couple of years back. Right from the get-go, this technology made waves as a potential alternative to CRISPR. Now, the first co...
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IGI Researchers Are Using CRISPR to Reduce Cyanide in Cassava from 2021-04-28T05:00
Did you know cassava can cause cyanide poisoning if it is not processed correctly and consumed with a protein-poor diet? In this episode, we chat with IGI researchers, Jess Lyons and Michael Gom...
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Kevin Davies Chats About His Latest Book "Editing Humanity" from 2021-03-30T14:25:35
Kevin Davies, the executive editor of The CRISPR Journal, has closely watched the genetics space evolve over the last decades. His expertise and experience were the perfect foundation for his la...
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Michael Friend Advocates For Diversity in CRISPR from 2021-02-23T23:10:28
In this episode, Michael Friend, CEO of Minority Coalition for Precision Medicine, discusses the lack of diversity in genome editing field and covers potential solutions for ensuring an inclusiv...
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CRISPR Forecast 2021 with Paul Dabrowski and Robert Deans from 2021-01-12T09:00
In this episode, Paul Dabrowski, CEO of Synthego, and Robert Deans, CSO of Synthego, discuss the CRISPR silver linings of 2020 and predict the directions and milestones for gene editing in 2021....
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CRISPR Office Hours with Hamid Ghanadaan from 2020-05-20T04:00
The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique situation for lab scientists, many of whose work has come to a standstill. Hamid Ghanadaan, CEO of Linus, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on science and the ne...
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Ryan Pawell Talks About Indee Labs’ CRISPR Delivery Technology for Affordable Immunotherapies from 2020-05-07T05:00
The mission of Indee Labs, a Berkeley biotech, is to deliver CRISPR reagents into cells using microfluidics for developing affordable cell and gene therapies in the future. We interviewed Ryan P...
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Making of a CRISPR Film: Behind the Scenes with Producers of Human Nature from 2020-04-22T19:13:39
What is the process to make a science film? In this episode, Sarah Goodwin and Elliot Kirschner, producers of Human Nature, a documentary on CRISPR, offer glimpses into making of the film.
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Leading St. Jude's Genome Engineering Capabilities: A Chat with Shondra Miller from 2020-01-28T06:00
Shondra Miller shares her experience of starting a shared genome engineering resource at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Learn more about her research projects and her views on the pa...
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The Potential of CRISPR Editing in Stem Cells: An Interview with Bill Skarnes from 2019-11-13T13:39:57
Dr. Bill Skarnes, Professor at The Jackson Laboratory, chats about how CRISPR edited stem cells...
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CRISPR in Fungi: An Interview with Rebecca Shapiro from 2019-09-04T08:37:03
Rebecca Shapiro, Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph, talks about CRISPR genome editing in fungal pathogens to understand their disease-causing mechanism. Her lab also works on gene ...
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Paul Dabrowski Gets Candid About the Past, Present, and Future of Synthego from 2019-08-07T10:55:32
In this interview, Paul Dabrowski, CEO of Synthego, talks about how Synthego got started, his mantra behind leading the company, and future directions. He also offers insights into Synthego’s un...
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Dana Foss is Solving the CRISPR Delivery Problem to Advance Therapeutics from 2019-05-22T11:47:34
CRISPR has great potential in therapeutics, but CRISPR delivery in vivo remains a challenge. Researcher Dana Foss discusses her lab’s novel approach for specific delivery of CRISPR components in...
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SHERLOCK Founders Crack the Case of CRISPR Diagnostics from 2019-05-08T15:34:57
CRISPR is going beyond gene editing into a new area: diagnostics. Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg, co-founders of SHERLOCK Biosciences, talk about the present advances and future of CRISP...
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Kiana Aran Chats About Her New Biosensor: CRISPR-Chip from 2019-04-18T13:31:29
Kiana Aran, a biomedical engineering expert, talks about her research on CRISPR-Chip, a new biosensor that combines CRISPR & electronics to detect specific genes in genomic DNA.
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How the Innovative Genomics Institute is Helping People Understand CRISPR from 2019-03-19T11:56:09
Megan Hochstrasser, Science Communications Manager at the Innovative Genomics Institute, talks about the importance of CRISPR science communication and the ongoing efforts at IGI to help people ...
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Improving Targeted Delivery to Enhance Personalized Medicine from 2019-02-26T09:37:06
Andre Watson, CEO of Ligandal, talks about how his company is improving the payload delivery of gene therapy, making it more accurate and efficient, to make new gene therapy a reality for the pu...
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Alex Philippidis Reviews Trends in Biopharma& Biotech Market from 2019-02-07T09:05:20
Biotech and biopharma companies are in a phase of accelerated growth. Alex Philippidis, a science journalist at Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News...
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Avery Posey Discusses CAR T Cell Cancer Therapies from 2019-01-24T08:22:52
Dr. Avery Posey is leading the charge on CAR T cell therapy research to bring this technology to cancer patients as soon as possible. Learn how CAR T works, what stage it’s in now, and how it wi...
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Trevor Martin Discusses How CRISPR is Changing Diagnostics from 2019-01-10T09:42:07
Trevor Martin, CEO of Mammoth Biosciences, talks about the science behind CRISPR diagnostics, and what Mammoth is doing to bring it to consumers in the next decade.
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CRISPR for Curious Minds from 2018-12-13T20:28:46
In this Holiday-special mash-up episode, CRISPR Cuts teams up with Curiosity podcast to discuss the ins and outs of CRISPR. Gear up, it's going to be a fun ride!
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Andrew Porterfield Discusses CRISPR in the Grocery Store from 2018-11-21T19:28:51
Andrew Porterfield is a scientific marketing consultant, science journalist, and all around science communicator. We caught up with Andrew to discuss the latest news about how CRISPR is impactin...
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Alison Van Eenennaam Edits Cattle Using CRISPR from 2018-11-09T15:05:38
Alison Van Eenennaam is a geneticist at UC Davis, primarily interested in using CRISPR and other DNA-based biotechnologies in cattle production and agricultural systems. Learn about her exciting...
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CRISPR in Gene Drives: Experts Opine from 2018-10-23T13:11:07
Gene drives have frequently been in the news in the past few years. In this episode, we discuss what exactly gene drives are, their applications, and how scientists are ensuring that they are us...
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Knockout Cell Pools Are Simplifying CRISPR Experiments from 2018-10-03T23:36:34
Dr. Ania Wronski, Product Manager for the Engineered Cells portfolio at Synthego, discusses how their new engineered cells products are enabling CRISPR access to researchers worldwide. Learn abo...
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CRISPR Edited Animals& Their Applications from 2018-09-18T09:09:37
What do you think of when you hear the term "transgenic animal"? The hippogriff from Harry Potter? A mouse model to study diabetes? Kevin and Minu discuss what transgenic animals are, how they a...
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Carl Zimmer Discusses Heredity, Genomics, and CRISPR from 2018-09-05T12:11:39
It's not every day you get to meet one of your idols! Minu and Kevin caught up with Carl Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist and science journalist. Minu chatted with Zimmer and go...
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Reed Kelso Strives to Enable CRISPR Access For All Scientists from 2018-08-24T13:37:13
Reed Kelso, Head of Cell Engineering Research and Applications at Synthego, is a bio-wizard. In this episode, Kevin & Minu catch up with Reed about his role at Synthego and the day-to-day operat...
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