Bruce Levine
Professor @Pennmedicine Gene & #CellTherapy #Inventor #Kymriah, CAR #TCell Maker @TmunityTx CoFounder, President, @ISCTGlobal, @alliancerm BOD
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CRISPR Therapeutics Reports Positive Top-Line Results from Its Phase 1 CARBON Trial of CTX110™ in Relapsed or Refractory CD19+ B-cell Malignancies
-50% (2/4) complete response (CR) rate at three months in the Dose Level 3 (DL3) cohort; both responders remain in CR- -Early evidence of dose-dependent...
Bruce Levine
Development of allogeneic CAR #Tcell #Immunotherapy heats up. #CRISPR
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New surge of Covid-19 cases has states, hospitals scrambling again
The latest surge of Covid-19 cases may actually be worse than the initial emergence of the virus in the spring.
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Bruce Levine
7 months in, totally [not] under control: ‘At a breaking point’: New surge of Covid-19 cases has states, hospitals scrambling, yet again statnews.com/2020/10/20/at-… via @statnews
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COVID-19 and Excess All-Cause Mortality in the US and 18 Comparison Countries
This Viewpoint compares the COVID-19 per capita overall and excess mortality rates in the US vs that of 18 OECD countries and the timing of any increases in excess mortality between February and September 2020.
Bruce Levine
Since June 7, US #COVID19 mortality has been at highest rate compared to 18 peer countries, >6X of Canada! @ZekeEmanuel @PennMedicine #publichealth jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… pic.twitter.com/nNmzr4ovuc
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Bringing their genetically modified gamma delta T cells to Nasdaq, IN8bio files for $86M IPO
The biotech IPO parade continues marching forward as 2020 turns toward the fourth quarter. IN8bio, a New York-based company focused on genetically modified gamma delta T cell therapies, filed to go public Friday seeking an $86 million raise. The...
Bruce Levine
Bringing their genetically modified gamma delta T cells to Nasdaq, IN8bio files for $86M IPO - Well done Will and Larry 👍
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Registration: Best Practices for Funding CGT Startups from Academia
Bruce Levine
Last Call to Register: Developing Allogeneic Stem Cell Manufacturing Capabilities for Cell Therapies @ISCTglobal #celltherapy #innovation webinar isctglobal.org/general/custom… pic.twitter.com/mlAe8TjEzG
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NAM Awards First-Ever Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership to Anthony Fauci - National Academy of Medicine
Today during the 50th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), president Victor J. Dzau presented the Academy’s first-ever Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership to Anthony S. Fauci, NAM member and director of the National...
Twitter removes tweet from top Trump Covid adviser saying masks don't work
Last month, Trump's CDC director was overheard saying everything that adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas, says "is false."
Open Letter by Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers — Past and Present — in Support of CDC
We, the undersigned, are physicians, nurses, scientists, and other health professionals who are alumnae/i or current Epidemic Intelligence…
Bruce Levine
The absence of national leadership in responding to #COVID19 is unprecedented and dangerous- signed by *1000* #CDC #publichealth officers
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Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn't see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But over the last two...
Bruce Levine
“I’m just waiting to see if our community can change our behavior," she said. "Otherwise, I don’t see the end in sight.” #COVID19 #maskssavelives
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More Than 1,000 Current and Former CDC Officers Condemn U.S. Covid-19 Response
An open letter expresses dismay at the nation’s public-health response to the Covid-19 pandemic and calls for the federal agency to play a more central role.
Pizza to the Polls aims to feed hungry 2020 voters stuck in long lines
A staple at birthday parties, bar crawls and bowling, few foods bring Americans together like pizza. And this election season, a new group aims to bring America's favorite pie to those stuck waiting in long lines.
An Open Letter from Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla | Pfizer
As we get closer to an important data readout from our COVID-19 vaccine program, I wanted to speak directly to the billions of people, millions of businesses and hundreds of governments around the world that are investing their hopes in a safe and...
Declines in health insurance among cancer survivors since the 2016 US elections
Health care and politics are inextricably linked in the USA. Just as elections are
influenced by patterns in social behaviours and the economy, health-care access and
affordability are influenced by elections1 and ideological disagreements...
Not throwing away our shot
Over the past few weeks, prominent scientific publications have condemned President Donald Trump's record on science. This is unprecedented. Although my predecessors at Science have always held elected U.S. officials accountable (but could not make...
Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries
Per capita deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 and other causes are 85% higher than in countries like Germany and Israel. "The United States really has done remarkably badly," a study author says.
Inside the Fall of the CDC
How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.
Bruce Levine
"appropriating a #publichealth enterprise and making it into an agent of propaganda for a political regime"- Inside the Fall of the CDC
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U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward a Third Peak
Cases are surging again after falling from a summer peak. And the spread to new areas of the country suggests the outbreak is far from over.
Bruce Levine
Remember the old days when we thought that 1st peak was high? U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward a Third Peak #COVID #maskup
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