{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65736d39d32e730012c98919/681e148e365a6906d37f3592?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Insights into COVID-19’s Origins, Recursion Reverses Course, and AACR Stands Up for Cancer Research ","description":"<p>The exact origins of SARS-CoV-2 are still something of a mystery, but new research may bring scientists one step closer to an explanation for how the virus reached Wuhan. Also in the episode, we dive into GEN’s coverage of the annual AACR meeting including how the community is navigating massive research budget cuts. Then we discuss a potential colorectal cancer therapy using CRISPR-edited tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and a method for delivering protein therapies and gene editors using engineered vesicles. Lastly, in business news, Recursion rethinks its pipeline, the FDA gives Abeona’s gene therapy a chance, and Bristol Myers Squibb execs open up on artificial intelligence.</p><p><br></p><p>Join GEN editors Corinna Singleman, PhD, Alex Philippidis, Julianna LeMieux, PhD, and Uduak Thomas for a discussion of the latest biotech and biopharma news.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Listed below are links to the GEN stories referenced in this episode of Touching Base:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/aacr-2025-a-video-update-from-chicago/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AACR 2025: A Video Update from Chicago</a></p><p>By Julianna LeMieux, PhD and Damian Doherty, GEN, April 29, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/hope-and-headwinds-at-aacr-in-chicago/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hope and Headwinds at AACR in Chicago</a></p><p>By Damian Doherty, GEN, April 29, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/senator-tammy-baldwin-supports-science-in-aacr-speech/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Tammy Baldwin Supports Science in AACR Speech</a></p><p>By Julianna LeMieux, PhD, GEN, April 29, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/crispr-edited-tils-fight-advanced-colorectal-cancer-in-patients/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CRISPR-Edited TILs Fight Advanced Colorectal Cancer in Patients</a></p><p>By GEN, May 4, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/omics/engineered-extracellular-vesicles-could-deliver-gene-editors-therapeutic-proteins-to-cells/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Engineered Extracellular Vesicles Could Deliver Gene Editors, Therapeutic Proteins to Cells</a></p><p>By GEN, April 30, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.genengnews.com/topics/coronavirus/sars-cov-2-likely-spread-through-wildlife-trade-not-bat-migration\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SARS-CoV-2 Likely Spread Through Wildlife Trade, Not Bat Migration</a></p><p>By GEN, May 7, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/coronavirus/chatting-with-author-david-quammen-about-sars-cov-2-will-leave-you-breathless/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chatting with Author David Quammen about SARS-CoV-2 Will Leave You “Breathless”</a></p><p>Originally aired: November 16, 2022</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/recursion-halts-four-pipeline-programs-sharpening-cancer-rare-disease-focus/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Recursion Halts Four Pipeline Programs, Sharpening Cancer, Rare Disease Focus</a></p><p>By Alex Philippidis, GEN Edge, May 5, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/stockwatch-second-times-the-charm-for-abeonas-gene-therapy/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">StockWatch: Second Time’s the Charm for Abeona’s Gene Therapy</a></p><p>By Alex Philippidis, GEN Edge, May 4, 2025</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.genengnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/predict-first-bms-executives-discuss-companys-ai-approach/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Predict First: BMS Executives Discuss Company’s AI Approach</a></p><p>By Alex Philippidis, GEN Edge, March 26, 2025</p>","author_name":"Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN)"}