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Expert Interview
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A First Look at Zynteglo as a treatment for beta thalassemia
Ticker(s): BLUEWho's the expert?
Institution: CHOP
- Dr. Rivella is Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP), University of Pennsylvania, holds the Kwame Ohene-Frempong Chair on Sickle Cell Anemia and he is the Scientific director of the Comprehensive Center for the Cure of Sickle Cell Disease and Other Red Blood Cell Disorders (CuRED) at CHOP.
- Very familiar with NORTHSTAR data on Zynteglo
- Dr. Rivella has a long-term expertise in the pathophysiology and genetics of several murine models of hematopoiesis-, inflammation-, and iron-related disorders as well as in the use of lentiviral vectors for modulation of gene expression and gene transfer for the cure of hemoglobinopathies. Dr. Rivella characterized the role of seminal factors contributing to the morbidity and mortality in beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, Polycythemia vera, hemochromatosis and in anemia of inflammation, such as such hepcidin, intereleukin-6 and ferroportin, the phosphokinase Jak2 and macrophages.
Interview GoalDiscussing the potential of Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), the recently approved cell-based gene therapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with beta-thalassemia.
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