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Two fathers of children with rare diseases talk about starting biotech companies to try to create new therapies for their family members and others Aug 26, 2026

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Interviewed by MassBio CEO Kendalle Burlin O'Connell, Ilan Ganot describes co-founding Solid Biosciences in honor of his child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Daniel Fischer discusses co-founding Tevard Biosciences in honor of his child with Dravet syndrome.

LifeMine Therapeutics announced a $263M raise today to help accelerate the development of its novel calcineurin activation inhibitor that aims to radically change the profile of organ transplants Aug 06, 2026

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Co-Founder, President & CEO Greg Verdine describes the toxicity issues associated with the immuosupressive drugs that transplant recipients currently receive, and explains how LIFE-001 is different. Plus, given how the therapy is designed to safely prevent T-cell activation and proliferation, there could also ultimately be an autoimmune use case as well.

U.S. Science Summit: Biotech veteran Harvey Berger presents an overview of the history of Kendall Square and what is at stake to keep it a leader in life sciences Jul 27, 2026

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Dr. Berger, who founded Ariad Pharmaceuticals here in 1991, describes Kendall's transition from candy factories, to Polaroid, to what it is today.

U.S. Science Summit: Patient perspectives with sickle cell patient advocate Jimi Olaghere and cystic fibrosis advocate Bob Coughlin Jul 27, 2026

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Jim Olaghere describes signing up for a gene editing treatment clinical trial for sickle cell disease and how it has enabled him to climb mountains and Bob Coughlin recounts the moment when a therapy became available for his son's cystic fibrosis.

U.S. Science Summit: Curie.Bio Chairman Alexis Borisy and Parabilis Medicines CEO Mathai Mammen discusses the funding environment for biotech and communicating their work to the public Jul 27, 2026

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Alexis Borisy recounts the story of Revolution Medicines, which delivered the pancreatic cancer breakthrough this year, and talks about the health of the founder led side of the biotech sector. Mathai Mammen recently took Parabilis public in the largest IPO in biotech history, and describes the science that made it possible.

U.S. Science Summit: Flagship Pioneering Founder & CEO Noubar Afeyan discusses his early days in Cambridge and the opportunities it afforded him, science communication, immigrants, and more Jul 27, 2026

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He describes how science 'keeps you young' because it always based on what you don't know. He urges scientists to stay humble when talking about science to the public because things can change, and he shares stories from his career and offers advice on how to keep the United States globally competitive.

U.S. Science Summit: "Who will shape the future of Bio?" with Recursion President & CEO Najat Khan Jul 23, 2026

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Interviewed by HSBC Innovation Banking's Katherine Andersen, Najat Khan discusses AI, her priorities upon taking the role of CEO at Recursion earlier this year, encouraging employees to speak more than just one language of expertise, and women in leadership.

U.S. Science Summit: Three science communicator social media all-stars share their stories and offer advice on how to tell science stories that resonate with a broad audience Jul 23, 2026

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Moderated by BiotechTV's Chloe Kirk, Gabriel Astorga (@GoodOlGab), Maynard Okereke (@HipHopScienceShow), and Alex Dainis (@AlexDainis) describe how the got started posting about science on social media and how they grew their audiences to what they are today. Plus, advice for companies and scientists about how to resonate the best.

U.S. Science Summit: BiotechTV's Science Correspondent Chloe Kirk introduces the audience to the science communicator social media all-stars who were in attendance at the summit Jul 23, 2026

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The combined following of the group reaches approximately 3 million people on Instagram and TikTok.

U.S. Science Summit: Listen to BiotechTV founder Brad Loncar's opening remarks at the inaugural U.S. Science Summit Jul 23, 2026

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He describes the format and goals of the event.