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Welcome to the CRISPR revolution. Take a break and join us as we guide conversations with an expert CRISPR cast about this cutting-edge science.

CRISPR Cuts Synthego

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    • 4.7 • 31 Ratings

Welcome to the CRISPR revolution. Take a break and join us as we guide conversations with an expert CRISPR cast about this cutting-edge science.

    Imran House and Junyun Lai Discuss CRISPR Screening in Immuno-Oncology

    Imran House and Junyun Lai Discuss CRISPR Screening in Immuno-Oncology

    Imran House, Ph.D. and Junyun Lai Ph.D. are Senior Scientists at the biotech start-up, oNKo-Innate in Melbourne, Australia that focuses on developing immuno-oncology therapies. In this episode, they discussed what they do at oNKo-innate, their career transitions from leaving academics to entering the biotech industry, and how CRISPR is impacting cancer-immunotherapy development. They also discussed overcoming common obstacles faced when developing cytokine therapies and future outlooks on clinical trials using these kinds of therapies.








     
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    • 26 min
    Mark DeWitt and Don Kohn Discuss Their ex vivo CRISPR-based Therapy to Cure Sickle Cell Anemia

    Mark DeWitt and Don Kohn Discuss Their ex vivo CRISPR-based Therapy to Cure Sickle Cell Anemia

    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 down with us to discuss their latest clinical trials to cure sickle cell anemia, how synthetic guides accelerated their journey from the bench to the clinic, and their experience in the cell and gene therapy space.

    • 33 min
    Dina Simkin Breaks Down Epilepsy Cell Modeling

    Dina Simkin Breaks Down Epilepsy Cell Modeling

    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 patient and isogenic iPSC models to study genetically linked forms of epilepsies.

    • 27 min
    Sunil Sharma and Raffaella Soldi Talk CRISPR For Unbiased Drug Screening for Rare Pediatric Cancers

    Sunil Sharma and Raffaella Soldi Talk CRISPR For Unbiased Drug Screening for Rare Pediatric Cancers

    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 the future of cancer therapies, and the Arizona heat.

    • 24 min
    Stephanie Cherqui Discusses Clinical Development of CRISPR Therapies for Rare Diseases

    Stephanie Cherqui Discusses Clinical Development of CRISPR Therapies for Rare Diseases

    Professor Stephanie Cherqui, UCSD, has worked on the development of cell therapies for two rare genetic diseases, cystinosis and Friedreich’s ataxia. In this interview, Dr. Cherqui chats about her experience working on rare diseases, developing a CRISPR-edited therapy for Friedreich's ataxia, navigating regulatory challenges in cell and gene therapies, and more.

    • 20 min
    Christian Groendahl On Pioneering a CRISPR-based Microbial Gene Therapy

    Christian Groendahl On Pioneering a CRISPR-based Microbial Gene Therapy

    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 start up.

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
31 Ratings

31 Ratings

Alex Shirazi ,

Awesome Show!

I learned about Synthego because I have a podcast about cultured meat but I don’t personally have a science background. Crispr came up a lot when talking about scientists and this show helps fill me in on a lot of the happenings in the science world.

Theoretical314 ,

The information is amazing, the clacking keyboard, not so much lol

I love the podcast, but some sound deadening or mic isolation filters would make the experience much more enjoyable.

kev1n47 ,

CRISPR Cuts is the best!

Only podcast dedicated to CRISPR. Great topics and great guests. Keep it up!!

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