Category: Interview

Ensuring patients can reach professionals trained to explain and guide genomic care remains a central priority for genetic counselors. Genomics is no longer confined to a single specialty or a standalone clinic. Today, it shapes care across virtually every area of medicine, from prenatal screening and oncology to cardiology, neurology and primary care. As genomic […]

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) remains one of the most complex and devastating ultra-rare genetic disorders known to medicine. Affecting approximately one in a million people worldwide, the condition progressively transforms soft connective tissue into bone, leading to severe mobility limitations, respiratory complications and reduced life expectancy. Recent global estimates suggest that roughly 1,000 individuals are […]

National societies like CCS play a unique role in shaping care across the country, bringing experts together to set standards, share knowledge and drive progress. At its core, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) is oriented around a simple idea: advancing heart health for all Canadians. In a conversation with Xtalks, Dr. Sean Virani described the […]

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) represent a group of inherited connective tissue disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, tissue fragility, chronic pain and multisystem complications.  Hypermobile EDS and related hypermobility spectrum disorders are considered to affect as many as one in 500 individuals, indicating a substantially higher prevalence than once recognized.  Despite this growing awareness, delayed diagnosis, fragmented […]

Blood cancers encompass more than 100 distinct diseases, ranging from acute leukemias to chronic malignancies that require lifelong management. While survival has improved dramatically for many patients, progress has been uneven. Sustained scientific investment, access to clinical trials, affordability of care and cross-sector collaboration have become defining challenges for the field. One leader working at […]

The Emily Whitehead Foundation is moving toward direct patient and caregiver support while also engaging with structural payment and regulatory challenges George Eastwood has spent much of his career close to the science and manufacturing that make advanced therapies possible. Coming from the cell and gene therapy “tool space,” he worked in areas such as […]