CBS NewsGene therapy for rare hereditary blindness marks "start of a new revolution" in medicineCBS NewsAn experimental gene therapy for a rare hereditary form of blindness is a step closer to reality. An FDA advisory panel voted unanimously … Continue reading
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Brainstorm Health: Obamacare Insurer Payments, OptiNose IPO, Spark Gene Therapy
Fortune Happy Friday, Dailies. I thought I’d use this space today to highlight some great recent reporting by a couple of other dailies—you know, those things we used to call newspapers. Rolfe Winkler at the Wall Street Journal had a front-page eye-opener … |
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Researchers learn more about toxic side effects of T–cell therapy pioneered at CHOP, Penn
Philly.com The new cancer treatment, called CAR T-cell therapy, involves extracting immune cells called T cells from the patient, genetically modifying them to attack the cancer, and returning them to the patient’s body. One such treatment has been approved for … |