• The Issue – A Caregiver’s Journey from Development to Treatment with Amber Freed, Founder of SLC6A1 Connect
    Apr 14 2026

    In this episode, host Emily Walsh Martin revisits her 2022 Caregiver’s Perspective interview with Amber Freed, founder of SLC6A1 Connect. Amber is a caregiver to her son Maxwell, who has since received treatment for SLC6A1. Emily and Amber discuss Maxwell’s treatment and the role a caregiver plays in that journey.

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    42 mins
  • Key Considerations of Gene Therapy Development: A Caregiver's Story
    Apr 6 2026

    Emily Walsh Martin, PhD, spoke with Amber Freed, founder and CEO of SLC6A1 Connect, a patient organization focused on accelerating the development of therapies for SLC6A1 patients like her son Maxwell.

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    35 mins
  • CGMP iPSC-derived myogenic progenitor product for the treatment of muscular dystrophies with Joseph Glorioso and Rita Perlingeiro
    Apr 2 2026

    In this episode, Molecular Therapy Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joseph Glorioso and Dr. Rita Perlingeiro (University of Minnesota) will discuss an article recently published in Molecular Therapy titled, “Preclinical quality, safety, and efficacy of a CGMP iPSC-derived myogenic progenitor product for the treatment of muscular dystrophies.”

    Music: 'Electric Dreams' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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    40 mins
  • The Issue – Prepared under pressure: Navigating the due diligence process with Dr. Ralph Brandenberger
    Mar 17 2026

    In this episode of The Issue, Emily Walsh Martin is joined by Dr. Ralph Brandenberger, Master Principal; Head of CMC at Dark Horse Consulting for a discussion on due diligence – the most important time in a company’s existence, be it for funding, partnership, or acquisition. Listen in as Ralph and Emily peel back the curtain on what to expect, how to prepare, and how to stay calm, cool, and collected under scrutiny!

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    40 mins
  • mRNA-based CAR T cell engineering with Norman Drzeniek and Niklas Kotzian
    Mar 5 2026

    Dr. Marcin Kortylewski (Oligonucleotide therapies and applications Section Editor of Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids) sits down with Dr. Norman Michael Drzeniek and Niklas Kotzian from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité. Join them as they discuss their new article, mRNA-based CAR T cell engineering: Unmodified mRNA enables high CAR expression without innate immune activation in T cells.

    Music: 'Electric Dreams' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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    33 mins
  • The Issue - Evolving Patient Access to CGTs via Innovation in Medicaid Reimbursement Models with Melissa Majerol
    Feb 10 2026

    In this episode, Melissa Majerol, Model Lead of the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at CMS, breaks down how the CMMI Access Model program aims to simplify and accelerate patient access to innovative cell and gene therapies, starting with recently approved therapies in Sickle Cell disease. Listen in as we dive into the specifics of this new access model and its current status.

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    36 mins
  • Cas9-CLIPT-mediated integration of large transgenes with Krishanu Saha, Anna Tommasi, and Dan Cappabianca
    Feb 3 2026

    Dr. Daniel Stone (Associate Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Therapy Advances) sits down with Dr. Krishanu Saha, Anna Tommasi, and Dr. Dan Cappabianca from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Join them as they discuss their team’s recent publication, Efficient nonviral integration of large transgenes into human T cells using Cas9-CLIPT, and learn more about their novel method to improve the manufacturing of multifunctional, genome-edited immune cell therapies.

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    47 mins
  • RNA interference gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease with Kathy Steece-Collier, Jeffrey Kordower, and Fredric Manfredsson
    Jan 8 2026

    Molecular Therapy Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joseph Glorioso joins researchers Kathy Steece-Collier (Michigan State University), Jeffrey Kordower (Arizona State University), and Fredric Manfredsson (Barrow Neurological Institute) to discuss their groundbreaking work on RNA interference for Parkinson’s disease. This episode focuses on their recent article titled "Disease-modifying, multidimensional efficacy of putaminal CaV1.3-shRNA gene therapy in aged parkinsonism male and female macaques."

    Music: 'Electric Dreams' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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    45 mins