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Podcast: Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Episode: S6 - E5.3 - Expert: Scott Friedman on Gene Therapy and Advances in Liver Science
Description: This week’s expert, Hepatologist and Key Opinion Leader Scott Friedman, joins Roger to discuss advances in acceptance of gene therapy and knowledge in other areas of basic liver science. When discussing science, he pays particular attention to findings on the diversity of stellate cells and his interest in CAR-T as a therapy for liver disease.This conversation starts with Scott discussing gene therapy. Specifically, he applauds the idea that gene therapy is becoming accepted in many diseases after a faulty start years ago, due to an unfortunate patient death in a badly controlled trial. He comments that...