When Michelle Werner, PhD, learned her son Caffrey had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, she left big pharma to lead Alltrna—a Flagship Pioneering company engineering tRNAs to tackle rare diseases with no treatments. On Behind the Breakthroughs, Werner shares her journey as both mother and CEO, and how Alltrna’s approach could unlock therapies for thousands of conditions caused by nonsense mutations.
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Produced by Bill Levine
Hosted by Jonathan D. Grinstein
Audio mixed and mastered by Jason Mack
Music provided by Artem Hramushkin
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Behind the Breakthroughs