Join our Deputy ED Research & Clinical Services - Dr. Francis Ssali as a keynote speaker at the 3rd Sickle Cell Disease Convention in Jinja this Friday, July 5th, 2024. Gain valuable insights & knowledge from a leading expert in the field. Don't miss this exceptional opportunity!
An honor indeed!!
As the genetic medicines field celebrates 2 approved medicines (+1 on the way) for SCD, on this #SickleCellDisease day - this image of our world matters the most. It shows the global prevalence of this devastating disease and the #HealthJustice challenge before all of us.
How do we take the shining example of Emily Whitehead, cured of her pediatric cancer, and scale it?
Dr. Crystal Mackall @MackallLab, Dr Donald Kohn @Kohn_Lab, and a team of fellow SMEs across all facets of the problem space offer an actionable path.
#PlatformCures
#HealthJustice
Join the CMC Vellore campus centenary celebrations from affar. You can watch back the Centenary Celebrations Thanksgiving Service on the @OffCMCVellore YouTube channel here:
It helps us understand duration of anti-CD38 mAb. 2 years of maintenance reduced death or progression by 24% WHEN the anti-CD38 was used in induction-consolidation. This is the first time any drug proves on a clean design to impact PFS in maintenance in the setting of QUADs. 5/X
Today, the @OSUCCC_James Cell Therapy Laboratory and @OSUHematology teams are celebrating a big milestone of over 500 patients treated with non-BMT #celltherapy products like CAR T cells, NKs, TILs, and more! Our team is incredible! And all for the patients! ♥️🩶
@jan_nolta @CIRMnews “UC Davis is one of a handful of academic and hospital-based institutions disrupting the CAR-T field.”…and making them accessible and affordable to patients.
Gene-therapied or -edited cells have cured > 20 Mendelian diseases.
In painful contrast:
here is the Big Pharma pipeline for cell tx - shown at #ISCT.
See genetic diseases there? Just barely.
We CAN and WILL fix this.
Oooo and don’t overlook 🇳🇱 who is doing a study comparing a commercial CD19 CART to one manufacturer with hospital exemption. So much happening in Europe! #ISCT2024 @ISCTglobal @AnnaSureda5