Loading...

PODCAST

Blood Podcast

American Society of Hematology

Stay up to date on the latest research and reviews for both clinical and basic hematology with Blood podcast, published weekly in conjunction with each issue of Blood. Additionally, Blood review series podcasts feature in depth discussion with authors of recently published review articles. Subscribe and never miss a new episode.

science medicine

All Episodes

16:00

Designing Durable Remissions in Relapsed AML and...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/10/01

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews Dr. Harry Erba of Duke University and Dr. Sairah Ahmed of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on their latest articles published in Blood on durable treatment strategies for relapsed and refractory hematologic malignancies. Dr. Erba discusses "Ziftomenib with venetoclax and azacitidine for relapsed/refractory NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia" highlighting the promise of this triplet regimen in a high-risk

en

14:21

Dose Makes the Cure: Venetoclax in Ph- ALL

Blood Podcast ·

2026/09/24

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Dr. Jianxiang Wang from the National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases and the Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Peking Union Medical College in Tianjin, China, on his latest article published in Blood titled "Venetoclax plus pediatric regimen in adolescents and adults with Ph-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia." In this prospective phase 2 study, 167

en

30:19

Exploiting Vulnerabilities in High‑Risk MM and...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/09/17

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laurie Sehn interviews Drs. Mariateresa Fulciniti and Angelo D'Alessandro on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Fulciniti, of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the development of "PKMYT1 is a targetable vulnerability in del(17p) high-risk multiple myeloma" starting from the question, "Is 17P loss simply a prognostic marker, or does it create specific vulnerabilities that we can therapeutically exploit?" Then, Dr. D'Alessandro, of

en

24:34

MYB driven ALL and Venetoclax-Azacitidine damage to...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/09/10

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Drs. Thomas Milne and Dominique Bonnet on their latest articles published in volume 147 issue 24 of Blood. Dr. Milne discusses how transcription factors simultaneously activate enhancers and connect them to their target genes in KMT2A-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The binding of MYB, a key hematopoietic TF, is sufficient to drive novel enhancer activation, including initiating 3D contact with target promoters to

en

15:41

Predictive Markers of Glofitamab Resistance in R/R B-NHL

Blood Podcast ·

2026/09/03

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laurie Sehn interviews Drs. Camille Laurent and Christine Bezombes on their latest article published in Blood titled "Patient-derived lymphoma spheroids reveal predictive markers of glofitamab resistance in relapsed/refractory B-NHL." By using patient-derived lymphoma spheroids as an ex vivo platform, they identify key mechanisms of resistance to the bispecific T-cell engager glofitamab in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, showing that higher CD8 T-cell

en

26:07

Better Together: Adding daratumumab for AL...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/08/27

In this week's episode, Blood editor Laurie Sehn interviews Drs. Efstathios Kastritis and Lucia Chen on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Kastritis shares insights and results from the final survival analysis of the ANDROMEDA trial, which determined that adding daratumumab to cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone improves hematologic responses and overall survival in newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis. Dr. Chen elaborates on the key benefits of Ikaros degradation for

en

15:28

Balancing Infection and Thrombosis: Bispecific...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/08/20

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews Drs. Joshua Hill and Jeffery Weitz on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Hill and Dr. Michaelis discuss the evolving landscape of infection risk in adults receiving bispecific antibody therapies for advanced B‑cell malignancies. They explore how these risks differ from those seen with allogeneic transplant, CAR T‑cell therapy, and traditional CD20‑directed antibodies, and touch on emerging approaches such as

en

32:59

Cost-Effectiveness of Current SCD Treatments and...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/08/13

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Drs. George Goshua, Gerd Blobel, and Paul Kaminski on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Goshua elaborates on the background and then insights from "Haploidentical transplant, gene therapy, and standard care in sickle cell disease: a cost-effectiveness analysis". This analysis provides valuable guidance for clinicians, patients, and health systems as they consider treatment choices. However, as concluded in the

en

16:33

HLH-like toxicities after CAR-T and...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/08/06

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews Drs. Matthew Frank and Jieqing Zhu on their latest articles published in volume 147 issue 22 of Blood. Dr. Frank discusses "How I treat HLH-like toxicities after immune effector cell therapy", in which the two cases presented emphasize the need for early identification, the use of anticytokine therapy with either emapalumab or ruxolitinib when organ toxicities worsen despite conventional CRS-directed treatment, and the need

en

13:48

FLT3-ITD microclones in AML and Results from the...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/07/30

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews Drs. Pierre-Yves Dumas and Samik Basu on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Dumas talks about "Prognostic impact of FLT3-ITD microclones in young adults with acute myeloid leukemia treated with intensive chemotherapy" where the team was able to identify e that ultra-low-burden FLT3-ITD microclones are associated with higher relapse risk and inferior relapse-free survival. Their work encourages the evaluation of

en

26:14

Initial CHORUS data on HHT and ASH HematOmics Program

Blood Podcast ·

2026/07/23

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Drs. Hanny Al-Samkari and Xin Zhou on their latest articles published in Blood. This episode highlights two important advances in hematology: the first report from the CHORUS registry for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) presented by Dr. Al-Samkari and also the introduction of the ASH Hematomics (ASHOP) platform for integrative genomic data analysis presented by Dr. Zhou. The CHORUS registry reveals that HHT is a

en

16:45

IV Iron during Acute Infection and Revisiting iTTP...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/07/16

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Drs. Haris Sohail and Lucas Kühne on their latest articles published in volume 147 issue 21 of Blood. In this CME article titled, "Retrospective, Real-World Study of IV Iron Use to Treat Iron deficiency Anemia During Acute Infection", Sohail et al show that IV iron given during acute infection with iron deficiency anemia is associated with improved 14-day and 90-day survival as well as hemoglobin recovery. Although this

en

18:17

A Pediatric ITP Risk Model and Targeting CD2 with CAR...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/07/09

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews Drs. Kirsty Hillier and Marco Ruella on their latest articles published in Blood. For "Predicting Development of Pediatric Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia at Disease Onset Using a Statistical Risk Model", Dr. Hillier shares the potential benefits of incorporating this new model to enhance the care of the 1 in 4 patients who develop chronic ITP. As an alternative to current guidelines which advise providers to "wait and

en

24:48

IV Iron Risks and Low-Dose AML Gains

Blood Podcast ·

2026/07/02

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Drs. Heinz Zoller and Raul Ribeiro on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Zoller discusses "Ferric Carboxymaltose Increases Fracture Risk in Patients and Reduces Bone Formation in Mice with Iron Deficiency Anemia", and how these findings support consideration of alternative IV iron formulations that provide similar efficacy without risk of skeletal complications. Dr. Ribeiro discusses "A low-versus standard-dose

en

23:04

Orca-T for GVHD–free survival and Understanding VEXAS...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/06/25

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laurie Sehn interviews Drs. Everett Meyer and Olivier Hermine on their latest articles published in volume 147 issue 11 of Blood. Dr. Everett Meyer discusses "Orca-T vs allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (PRECISION-T): a multicenter, randomized phase 3 trial" which demonstrated that Orca-T showed superior chronic GVHD–free survival compared to the control arm (78.0% vs 38.4%, P < .001) and lower nonrelapse mortality (3.4% vs 13.2%,

en

16:13

Treating AML, Before and After Relapse

Blood Podcast ·

2026/06/18

In this episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews Drs. Nigel Russell and Uwe Platzbecker on their articles published in volume 147 issue 10 of Blood. Dr. Russell discuses "CPX-351 vs daunorubicin, cytarabine, and gemtuzumab ozogamicin in older adults with non–adverse-risk AML: the NCRI AML18 trial" where a large randomized trial demonstrated that DA-GO2 provided greater overall survival as compared to CPX-351, and that further studies should compare DA-GO2 to lower-intensity

en

25:18

Future Directions in Relapsed and Refractory Large...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/06/11

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Philippe Armand interviews Drs. Manali Kamdar and Nancy L. Bartlett on their latest review article published in Blood titled “From breakthroughs to blueprints: evolving evidence and future directions in relapsed and refractory large B-cell lymphoma”. They discuss the how the advent of chimeric antigen receptor T cells, antibody-drug conjugates, and bispecific antibodies all show major increases in efficacy over legacy chemotherapy-based regimens

en

35:32

Review Series on Clonal Tracking in Hematopoiesis

Blood Podcast ·

2026/06/04

In this Review series episode, Blood associate editor Dr. Diane Krause interviews contributing authors from the Review Series on Clonal tracking in Hematopoiesis published in volume 147 issue 23 of Blood. Dr. Alejo E. Rodriguez-Fraticelli speaks to the development of his paper, "Clonal tracing of blood stem cells across mouse and human lifespans”, which provides a detailed overview of the experimental approaches that make clonal analysis possible, and which approaches are most appropriate

en

17:50

New Approaches: Marstacimab Therapy and HLH Biomarkers

Blood Podcast ·

2026/05/28

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. James Griffin interviews Drs. Johnny Mahlangu and Joseph Rocco on their articles published in volume 147 issue 9 of Blood. Dr. Mahlangu discusses study details and next steps from "Efficacy and safety of marstacimab prophylaxis in hemophilia A/B with inhibitors: results from the phase 3 BASIS trial" which shows that bleeding was reduced by 93% with subcutaneous marstacimab. Dr. Rocco shares the development behind "CXCL9 as a novel prognostic marker

en

16:16

Review Series on Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis...

Blood Podcast ·

2026/05/21

In this episode, Blood deputy editor Dr. Helen Heslop interviews contributing authors from the Blood review series on hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Drs. Nancy Berliner and Joanne Hsu join to provide insight on their paper, “Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults” discussing the importance of prompt diagnosis and treatment in this high-mortality disorder, and highlight emerging agents designed to modulate disease progression. Drs. Carl Allen and Bethany Verkamp reimagine

en

399 results

Similar Podcasts

Rabbit Hole of Research

Jotham Austin, II PhD, Nick Elizalde,...

La Science CQFD

France Culture

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

aboutlogic

Deniz Sarikaya, Thorsten Altenkirch

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org