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Panel discussion at 2025 Fibrolamellar Scientific Summit

On June 9 – 11, 2025, FCF hosted its sixth Fibrolamellar Scientific Summit. The goal of this meeting was to bring together the fibrolamellar research community to share knowledge and to collaborate in the search for a cure.

The opening session of the conference featured a panel discussion highlighting the latest advancements in targeted immunotherapy for FLC. Titled Oncogene-Targeted Immune Therapy in FLC, this panel featured two clinician-researchers who are pioneering clinical trials of therapeutic vaccines aimed at FLC’s fusion protein, and a patient currently enrolled in one of those trials.

Specifically, the panelists included:

  • Juliane Walz, MD – University of Tübingen,
  • Mark Yarchoan, MD – Johns Hopkins University,
  • Molly Hones – FLC patient and clinical trial participant, and
  • Mark Furth, PhD – Chief Science Officer, FCF (as moderator).

You can watch the full discussion in the video below: