On this #WorldSickleCellDay2021 @caring_cross restates our commitment to bring curative therapies to those who need them most regardless of the ability to pay. Let’s bring #SickleCellDisease under control in THIS generation. Together, we can accomplish great things
A 40% drop in Vaso-occlusive crisis is good news for #SickleCell patients @EHA_Hematology #EHA21 https://www.ashclinicalnews.org/on-location/other-meetings/pde9-inhibitor-shows-promise-monotherapy-hydroxyurea-sickle-cell-disease/
Newborn screening for sickle cell disease is now available on #Gazelle Hb Variant by @HemexHealth with a remote software update. This is how smart connected #pointofcare diagnostic technologies will change healthcare delivery globally! @cwru @CaseEngineer @caseccc https://twitter.com/HemexHealth/status/1404498959117144067
Just released: our #overtheair #newbornscreening enhancement update for #sicklecelldisease is out now! We are thrilled to expand our testing capacity to reach newborns worldwide. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3cGilhA
Our team is a winner in @nih_nhlbi Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge! CHILDREN’S BOOK: “MY SUPER CELLS AND ME!” @CleInstituteArt @cwru @CaseEngineer @CWRUSOM (Yay! Grace, Kerstyn, @ZoeSekyonda, Olabimpe) @thecuresci
Video:https://youtu.be/0ZKTUDVr-h8
Link:https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/grants-and-training/sickle-cell-challenge/selected-solutions
The trial is open and the good news keeps coming. Will our generation be the last with no durable cure for SCD? Let’s hope so. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/betibeglogene-autotemcel-beti-cel-one-090000504.html#click=https://t.co/B9VRsVm8Xx
HIV at 40: @TheLancet publishing nice review by @chrisbreyer @amfAR pandemic anniversary: 40 years of HIV/AIDS @JohnsHopkinsSPH @defeatHIV @CureHIVNOW https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01167-3/fulltext
June 5 will mark 40 years since publication of the first medical report of HIV/AIDS. Fred Hutch has gathered 40 stories written by Hutch writers in recent years about the science of stopping HIV and the people who have devoted their lives to achieving it. https://bit.ly/3oYivWU
Today is the 40th Anniversary of the first CDC report on what would become known as AIDS. AIDS@40 is an amazing event to remember those we lost- and to see where the field is heading. Join @fredhutch on line today: https://FB.me/e/XE0H3F0D or https:/bit.ly/3epaxIU
An AMAZING report from @fredhutch - this is the first demonstrated (yes it’s in a macaque) anti-HIV CAR-T approach in vivo - sheds bright light on the immense potential of this approach. Kudos to Drs Barber-Axthelm, @HPKiem, Peterson https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/141502
JCI Insight - Stem cell–derived CAR T cells traffic to HIV reservoirs in macaques https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/141502#.YLWnS9Ump5E.twitter
June 5 will mark 40 years since publication of the first medical report of HIV/AIDS. Fred Hutch has gathered 40 stories written by Hutch writers in recent years about the science of stopping HIV and the people who have devoted their lives to achieving it. https://bit.ly/3oYivWU
Local manufacturing of CAR-T making a big impact!
Nirav Shah @MCWCancerCenter reviews their experience w CD19/CD20 #CARTcells for #lymphoma At highest dose level using fresh cells, 100% response rate and 92% CR. Fresh CAR ORR 93% v cryopreserved CAR ORR 57% @childrenswi @NM_Financial @maccfund
Dr Rahul Purwar from @iitbombay is about to initiate the first endogenous CAR-T therapy for B cell malignancies using a vector and production system developed in India. The first pt was enrolled today! @ASGCTherapy #ASGCT21 Breaking news!
Dr Johnny Mahlangu @WitsUniversity is presenting a comprehensive approach to bringing gene therapy for hemophilia and sickle cell disease to All LMICs @ASGCT21 @ASGCTherapy #scd -just like cell phone use- our technological advances will pave the way to low cost therapy for all
FDA approves 100th monoclonal antibody product ▪️35 years ago the first antibody was approved as a therapeutic. Where will we be in cell and gene therapy in 10, 20, or 30 year? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-021-00079-7
