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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · 20d

NEW - Public Service Announcements linked to Ring That Bell to run on radio stations across the USA are designed to raise awareness about the song and its connection to cancer advocacy. We aim to inspire action and support for cancer initiatives. Listen at RingThatBellSong.com below music video

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · 20d

🚨Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Carl June & Prof. Dr. Michel Sadelain! 2025 laureates of the Broermann Medical Innovation Award for the development of the CAR-T cell #immunotherapy #cancer #CancerResearch pressreleasehub.pa.media/article/dr-c...

DR. CARL JUNE AND DR. MICHEL SADELAIN ARE BEING AWARDED THE BROERMANN MEDICAL INNOVATION AWARD 2025

Giessen (ots) - - With prize money of one million euros, it is one of the most highly endowed medical awards in the world

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · 22d

Our website is up for Ring That Bell" ringthatbellsong.com

Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · 22d

Is Germline Editing Feasible and Should it be Permissible? I joined @urnov.bsky.social, @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social, ISCT President Miguel Forte & Chief Regulatory Officer Bambi Grilley to discuss #ethics #bioethics & technological hurdles of embryo editing www.isctglobal.org/telegrafthub...

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · Sep 8

My CNBC.com segment on implications for pediatric vaccine schedule from recent politics. 2003 saw ~5,000 cases of pertusis, in 2024 there were over 35,000, and for 2025, some models show 70,000+

We risk a return of communicable diseases in children.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=00cI...

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E John Wherry @ejohnwherry.bsky.social · Sep 3

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The Power of Public Investment in Science

YouTube video by Penn Medicine

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PennMedCSO @pennmedcso.bsky.social · Aug 26

How future cures begin as ideas in laboratories ft. Carl June, @bllphd.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social), David Porter, Stephen Bagley, Jakub Svoboda (@penncancer.bsky.social) & Donald O'Rourke (@PennNSG) tinyurl.com/32hd7y2m

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨Just published - Multiplex engineering using microRNA-mediated gene silencing in CAR T cells #celltherapy #genetherapy #immunotherapy www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Aug 11

Announcing the website for the song Ring That Bell 🔔 cowritten w @magsmccarthy.bsky.social an emotional story of a cancer patient facing relapse and the fierce advocacy, support, and groundbreaking science that offer new hope. #cancer #cancerresearch #immunotherapy #hope ringthatbellsong.com

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Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Nearly two dozen people developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, state health department says (from @reportergoodman.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/h...

Nearly two dozen people in Florida are ill after drinking raw milk from the same farm | CNN

Nearly two dozen people have developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, according to the state’s Department of Health.

www.cnn.com

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨Coming soon! Multiplex engineering using microRNA-mediated gene silencing in CAR T cells. In a single lentiviral vector- multiplex silencing & expression of a CAR, better expansion & viability than gene editing by electroporation www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Frontiers | Multiplex engineering using microRNA-mediated gene silencing in CAR T cells

Multiplex gene edited CAR T cell therapies face challenges, including potential oncogenic risks from double-strand breaks. Targeted microRNAs (miRNAs) may of...

www.frontiersin.org

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Aug 1

More disease coming, unfortunately in kids. Adults making the bad decisions for them.

Miguel Perales MD @drmiguelperales.bsky.social · Aug 1

Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...

Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Knoepfler @stemcells.bsky.social · Jul 28

My new 2-minute 5-point short on why one shouldn't go to stem cell clinics or at least seriously weigh risks + low chance of benefit. Good little video for scientists and physicians too looking for clear explanation when people ask #stemcells #stemcell www.youtube.com/shorts/EX9iU...

5 reasons not to go to a stem cell clinic

YouTube video by The Stem Cell Channel from The Niche

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Jul 28

Cutting NIH to “save” money is fundamentally flawed
-Modest annual savings pale compared to multi‑trillion‑dollar health, innovation, and productivity losses www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...

New analysis predicts sprawling effects of proposed NIH budget cuts

Initial analyses of the Trump administration’s proposed NIH cuts neglect key aspects of their long-term economic and health impact, study says.

www.statnews.com

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · Jul 26

From Pink Sheet on continued departures from FDA’s biologics division and challenges backfilling openings. FDA biologics center reported 106 departures from Jan. 1 to June 30. These numbers don’t include the 100-150 who were part of the reduction-in-force

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US FDA’s Biologics Center Departures Grew Before More Than 100 RIFs Exited

The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research saw departures far outnumber new hires in the second and third quarters of FY 2025, before more than 100 people left July 14 after the reduction-in-for...

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · Jul 26

FDA’s cancer review team overseeing breast and gynecological products has lost about 1/3 of its medical review staff and the malignant heme group will lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among seasoned reviewers

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Jul 22

There should be a cable channel fact checking all the cable news channels and their paid "pundits" in real time

KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · Jul 22

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”

KFF Health News + @politifact.bsky.social rate this statement False. Read why. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported - KFF Health News

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients "simply choose not to work" and "spend six hours a day socializing and watching television." But a recent analysis found...

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Jul 21

If gifted narrative filmmaker Marwin Gansauge asks, "Can I make a movie about you?", what do you say? More than ever, science communication is desperately needed to convey the importance of research in developing new treatments for patients. Filmed in Vancouver & Dublin youtu.be/YrevpY-DNmw

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Paul Knoepfler @stemcells.bsky.social · Jul 16

Is Makary's FDA already heading toward a breaking point? ipscell.com/2025/07/is-m... #stemcells #stemcell #CRISPR what does it mean for the cell and gene therapy field?

Is Makary's FDA already heading toward a breaking point? - The Niche

Stem cell biologist writes about how Makary's FDA is already in serious trouble due to politics and a lack of experienced staff.

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · Jul 7

How did the pandemic start?

I have avoided publicly commenting on this for 5 years. Here's my take as someone who has no stake at all in the game.

gidmk.substack.com/p/pandemic-r...

Pandemic Revisionism, Part One: COVID-19 Origins

Because people keep getting this very wrong.

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Jul 15

If real facts matter to you

STAT @statnews.com · Jul 15

A new large study from Denmark finds no evidence that aluminum salts used in vaccines are tied to a higher risk of childhood diseases.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/14/a...

Study finds no evidence aluminum salts in vaccines are tied to higher risk of asthma, other childhood diseases

A new large study from Denmark finds no evidence that aluminum salts used in vaccines are tied to a higher risk of childhood diseases.

www.statnews.com

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Paul Knoepfler @stemcells.bsky.social · Jul 15

Sign of the times.

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STAT @statnews.com · Jul 15

A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups — and more disruption is coming.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/15/b...

A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups

A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups — and more disruption is coming.

www.statnews.com

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Jul 15

Taxing innovation

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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · Jul 11

TFW when UFC is valued > MIT is not AOK

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · Jul 11

Killing MIT seems dumb to me

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