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Navigating the challenges of cell therapies

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in Chemistry from Villanova University and shortly thereafter began his scientific career in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School studying host-pathogen interactions. Dr Siciliano received a B.S. He then earned a Ph.D.

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Mediating BRAF-mutant melanoma resistance

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She went on to an internship in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a residency in dermatology at Harvard Medical School. She moved to Johns Hopkins in 1999 as an Assistant Professor of Oncology, Dermatology, and Molecular Biology and Genetics and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004.

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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment

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Dr Siciliano received a BS in chemistry from Villanova University and shortly thereafter began his scientific career in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School studying host-pathogen interactions.

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SRP-001: redefining pain treatment with a safer, non-opioid analgesic

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Dr Hernan Bazan received a BS in molecular biology from Vanderbilt University and has spent two years in medical school as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Scholar at the NIH. He and his team have completed Phase I clinical trials, paving the way for Phase II RCTs in acute and neuropathic pain.

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Scientists discover network of cells and genes involved in Crohn’s disease complication

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Appearing today in Nature Genetics , the work was led by senior authors Ramnik Xavier and Christopher Smillie , associate member at the Broad and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Xavier is a Broad core institute member and the director of Broad’s Klarman Cell Observatory, the Kurt J.

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A Visual Guide to Genome Editors

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For example, a classic study from Keith Joung’s lab at Harvard Medical School showed that shortening the gRNA spacer by 2-3 nucleotides heavily reduced off-targets as it destabilized, and thus decreased, mismatched binding. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and also writes about science fact and fiction on Substack.

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Driving efficiency across upstream bioprocess workflow

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He has a post-doctorate in virology, viral pathogenesis, viral vector development, and vaccines evaluation from Harvard Medical School, and a PhD in virology/molecular biology. Anis also serves on the scientific and editorial advisory board of Genetic Engineering News at Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.