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Ep. 235: “New Therapies for Degenerative Disease” Featuring Dr. Lorenz Studer
Ep. 235: “New Therapies for Degenerative Disease” Featuring Dr. Lorenz Studer
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dr. Lorenz Studer is the Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute. His lab exploits recent advances in stem cell biology to develop new therapies for degenerative diseases and cancer. Their projects involve directing the fate and age of hPSCs, modeling diseases, and developing cell therapies. He talks about his journey into the stem cell field and co-founding BlueRock Therapeutics. He also discusses the challenges of developing cell therapies at scale, strategies to target cognition loss in Parkinson's disease, and combining basic and translational research.
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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