🎧 #ChatsWithChaudhrey 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 S6E04 with Dharmisha Stezaly & Professor Rajvinder Karda, - Sebastian's story with Gene Therapy

Hi everyone welcome to a very special #ChatsWithChaudhrey.

I had the pleasure recently of talking to Dharmisha Stezaly who is a patient advocate, whose son Sebastian had Cell & Gene Therapy to treat his illness, and Professor Rajvinder Karda, Professor in Gene Therapy at The institute of Women’s Health UCL, and one of the Track Chairs of ELRIG's upcoming Cell and Gene Therapy Conference, where Dharmisha will be speaking on her and Sebastian's journey.”

As a preview of the their talk and the event I sat down to learn more about Sebastian's story.

 I asked them….

 ◉ 01:07 Dharmisha, please can you give viewers a quick background on yourself and your family?

◉ 01:57 Rajvinder, can you give viewers your background and how you know Dharmisha?

◉ 02:34 Dharmisha, what were the symptoms Sebastian had, and what was he diagnosed with?

◉ 07:53 Rajvinder, for viewers not familiar with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type 1 can you tell us more about the illness, how common it is and what the common treatments are?

◉ 09:27 Dharmisha, what care did Sebastian need?

◉11:24 Dharmisha when did you hear about Gene Therapy as an treatment?

◉14:35 Rajvinder In layman’s terms, can you please explain how the treatment works?

◉ 16:46 Dharmisha, how easy and quick was it to get Great Ormand to start the treatment?

◉ 20:14 Rajvinder, there anything you would like to add?

◉ 22:39 Dharmisha, what was the time frame from diagnosis to treatment?

◉ 23:19 Dharmisha, what challenges did you face navigating healthcare services?

◉ 28:10 Rajvinder, what’s your view on Dharmisha has just said? 

◉ 30:33 Dharmisha, what would have been the consequences if he hadn’t been treated?

◉ 32:35 Dharmisha, I am sure everyone watching would like to know, how is Sebastian now?

◉ 34:42 Rajvinder what other therapies are coming to help those with SMA?

 🎞 Watch the interview here https://lnkd.in/egSPemgw

Dharmisha will be presenting on Day 1 at ELRIG Cell and Gene Therapy which runs on March 9th and 10th at Hinxton Hall Cambridge.

If you have any questions or comments for Dharmisha or Rajvinder feel free to put them in the comments below.  

See you in Hinxton on the 9th!

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