Gene therapy
Subject in Medicine
Gene therapy has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris ThompsonProfessor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of interventional gastroenterology at Mass General Brigham
Thompson says the GLP-1 gene therapy has entered clinical trials, possibly in the Netherlands, and could become a one-time treatment.
“They actually just entered clinical trials in, I think, the Netherlands. So it's very exciting. So we'll see how that goes”
Huberman Lab: Best Tools for Gut Health & Weight Loss | Dr. Chris Thompson (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:20:48
Thompson describes a gene therapy that makes pancreatic beta cells co-secrete GLP-1 with insulin in a nutrient-responsive way, delivered by endoscopic ultrasound.
“So basically, when a patient would secrete insulin in a nutrient-responsive way, they'd simultaneously be secreting GLP-1”
Huberman Lab: Best Tools for Gut Health & Weight Loss | Dr. Chris Thompson (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 2:17:49
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
Episodes
Best Tools for Gut Health & Weight Loss | Dr. Chris ThompsonHuberman Lab · Sep 21, 2026 · 2 h 28 min
Andrew Huberman and gastroenterologist Chris Thompson discuss gut anatomy, fiber and the microbiome, GLP-1 drugs, early metabolic testing, gut permeability, and endoscopic and gene-therapy obesity treatments.