Mount Sinai Study Identifies Why Some Patients Develop Severe Intestinal Inflammation After CAR-T Therapy

Persistent CAR-T cells in the intestine and widespread immune disruption seen as possible drivers of a rare but serious complication Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified biological mechanisms that may contribute to CAR-T cell-associated enterocolitis, a serious inflammatory condition of the intestine that can occur after a type of

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Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: Long-Term Results of Gene Therapy Developed at the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute Published in the “New England Journal of Medicine“

The publication consolidates more than two decades of research and clinical development and confirms the long-term clinical benefit of an autologous gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting the immune system and platelets. A single infusion of genetically corrected autologous hematopoietic stem cells can provide durable clinical benefit for patients with Wiskott-Aldrich

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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Pediatric Patients with Sanfilippo Syndrome Type A

Innovative gene therapy offers a new option for children with a rare, progressive neurodevelopmental disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Fayuvi (rebisufligene etisparvovec-hopf), the first treatment for pediatric patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA), also known as Sanfilippo syndrome type A., MPS IIIA is a rare inherited disease that progressively damages the

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Healthy Eating Linked to Slower Biological Aging—but there Is no Single “Best” Diet: Study Examines Dietary Habits of About 7,500 Adults

 A study by DZNE finds that healthy eating is associated with slower biological aging—and that there is more than one way to eat healthily. The researchers examined ten dietary patterns considered healthy, including the Mediterranean, Nordic, and a plant-based diet, as well as the DASH diet, which is designed to help lower blood pressure. All

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New York Genome Center researchers find a major brain shift between ages 50 and 75

A single-cell study in Science reveals major shifts in immune cells, genome organization and gene regulation in the aging human hippocampus.  These findings offer critical insights into brain aging with major implications for age-related dementias. Researchers have discovered that the human brain undergoes widespread age-related changes in genome regulation beginning in midlife that may help explain why

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New Study: Blood Test Shows Promise for Detecting Pancreatic Cancer at Its Earliest Stages

PANXEON, which combines multiple biomarkers, also identified a precancerous condition of the pancreas, potentially opening a path to intervention before invasive cancer develops One reason pancreatic cancer remains so deadly is because it’s usually discovered late, after it has spread. Now, a major new study shows that a blood test developed by researchers led by

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