Episode 470 - Eric Austin, MD

I'm Aware That I'm Rare: the phaware® podcast

In this episode, Dr. Eric Austin, a pediatric pulmonologist and pulmonary hypertension doctor, discusses the upcoming World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension, which will focus on various aspects of pulmonary hypertension research and clinical care. Dr. Austin is part of the task force on genetics and genomics, which aims to explore the genetic landscape of pulmonary hypertension and identify opportunities for future research and therapy development. He highlights the significance of the discovery of the BMPR2 gene and its role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), leading to the development of the gene-informed therapy sotatercept.

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