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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

Currently, three FDA-approved disease-modifying drug therapies are available: hydroxyurea, crizanlizumab and L-glutamine, though each has limitations that affect patient compliance. The use of FDA-approved medications for preventing vaso-occlusive events in sickle cell disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 1;6(11):e2344546.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

The project is a collaboration between the Broad and the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemer’s University outside Lagos in Nigeria, where Happi is a professor of molecular biology and genomics.

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Toxic Proteins for Drug Discovery

Codon

The way we typically prepare white beans completely deactivates the mild toxin that could otherwise cause food poisoning, the highly venomous cone snail that produced that shell was long gone by the time you picked it up, and Botox has been safe to inject by licensed healthcare professionals since FDA approval in 1991.

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