FutureBites with Dr. Bruce McCabe
FutureBites is a podcast exploring promising and exciting pathways to a better future. Hosted by Dr Bruce McCabe, a futurist and keynote speaker who travels the world presenting his unique insights and research on the future to corporations, governments, and audiences in all industries. In each FutureBites episode, Bruce meets with an inspiring leader in science, technology, economics or the social sciences to talk about ideas, game-changers and opportunities to create a better future.
FutureBites with Dr. Bruce McCabe
Gene Editing to Prevent Heart Disease - with Kiran Musunuru
Is this the most important gene therapy in the world? At the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, a cutting-edge facility at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr Kiran Musunuru is developing something truly extraordinary, a ‘one and done’ gene therapy to prevent heart disease, which happens to be the number one killer on our planet today.
Welcome to FutureBites with Dr. Bruce McCabe, futurist and keynote speaker, where we interview scientists and explore pathways to a better future. I visited Dr Kiran Musunuru at his office in Philadelphia (it was an exciting time, as two of his colleagues had just won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine that very morning!) We discussed his journey so far, the Stage 1 human trials currently underway, and his BIG future goals to tackle cardiovascular disease planet-wide. Then we talked about how his ‘programmable medicine’ toolkit will be repurposed to tackle all manner of genetic diseases. This might be the most important interview I've recorded. Make no mistake, Dr Musunuru is rewriting the future of medicine.
As always, I’ll add a post to the FutureBites page soon with additional thoughts and further reading, as well as a copy of the full interview transcript. Enjoy!
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