Molecular Immune Regulation (MIR) lab. Cell shielding. Cell Therapy. Transplantation. miRNA.

Joined January 2022
Very important comments from @NoubarAfeyan! He’s 💯 right!
Noubar Afeyan founded Flagship Pioneering, best known for its company Moderna, which commercialized mRNA vaccines. Onstage at the #STATSummit, he lays out why the attack on mRNA undermines facts and science and isn’t going to stop at mRNA.
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We discovered that the skull bone marrow has direct connections to brain surface & mirrors brain inflammation, making it a new site for diagnosing & monitoring brain pathologies. Kolabas…Ertürk, Cell: cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674… biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… bit.ly/3PQuymm
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Data from the second human treated with a prime edited medicine: a 56-year-old male with chronic granulotamous disease (CGD) had his bone marrow prime edited to insert the missing GT in NCF1, restoring NADPH oxidase function in neutrophils (DHR positivity) several fold beyond the therapeutic threshold. His intestinal inflammation is now normal, and his prime-edited HSCs rapidly engrafted with 15 days post-transplant, consistent with well-tolerated editing. Each new therapeutic technology is dependent on brave patients willing to be among the first humans to receive a new type of treatment. For prime editing, that's this patient, and an 18-year old who also responded in a similarly encouraging manner. Patient #2 sent our lab a kind message, noting that helping other patients with rare diseases was deeply meaningful to him. Data from @PrimeMedicine.
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We mourn the loss of our beloved department member, Prof. Zelig Eshhar — a visionary immunologist and pioneer of CAR-T cell therapy. His groundbreaking work revolutionized cancer treatment and gave hope to countless patients.
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To me, this is the most remarkable thing about global health: With a relatively small amount of money, you can do a great deal of good for a great many people. This is money well spent, and we should go back to spending it—now.
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There's still time to register for the CRISPR-Cas9 workshop - registration has been extended. Participate to the second CRISPR-Cas9 workshop in the beautiful city of Sorrento, featuring renowned scientists from around the globe! meetings.embo.org/event/25-c…
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JekerLab retweeted
LIVE NOW: FDA's Cell and Gene Therapy Roundtable Captions available here: bit.ly/4dQaNaz xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ypKdZYAp…
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Never could I have imagined that ABE would someday enable such a transformative outcome for a child. Thank you @kiranmusunuru, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, and KJ’s family for having the courage to demonstrate to the world what is possible. Incredible. 💕 nytimes.com/2025/05/15/healt… via @nytimes
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#CRISPR cures on-demand can and will be scaled nationwide. In this talk at the Oxford-Harrington symposium I argue - with data - that the first nation to do so will be the United Kingdom and describe an actionable path to that goal. youtu.be/qlzhcYh7cLM?si=1mM5…
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*Efficient PAMless base editing in patient-derived HSPCs* 🧬🖌️ science.org/doi/10.1126/scit… For a few years now, we've been collaborating with clinical experts to develop genome editing-based treatments for genetic diseases. It has been a great fortune to work with, and learn from, Dr. Suk See De Ravin and her team at the @NIAIDNews @NIH. Today in @ScienceTM we publish a longstanding collaborative effort with Suk See's team to develop base editing approaches to correct genetic mutations that cause X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease (X-CGD). @CGM_MGH @MGH_RI @MassGeneralNews @harvardmed This collaborative effort was led by Vera Bzhilyanskaya @NIH and Dr. Linyuan Ma @Linyuan79834832 from my group @CGM_MGH, and featured many key contributions from other collaborators (mostly X-less but including @mn_whittaker).
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BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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Another scientist whose work initially didn't get the recognition that it deserved - Victor Ambros was denied tenure at Harvard, even after publishing the seminal work that resulted in him receiving the Nobel Prize today!
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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Exactly, and, actually Marc, we previously used CD45.2 and CD45.1 (and CD90.2 and CD90.1) to convince ourselves that this will work in humans: journals.aai.org/jimmunol/ar…
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Great to see that @SGaraude’s research has recently been published in @Nature. Here is a fascinating summary by Simon himself in which he explains how the team selectively eradicated haematological cancers, preserving healthy haematopoiesis and thus cornering cancer cells. 🧵👇
Today we are thrilled to share our approach to selectively eradicate haematological cancers while preserving healthy haematopoiesis. Goal: corner cancer. Full story here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Here’s a breakdown of our findings:
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Thanks @Jeff_Mold. It is still at times worth going to conferences 🙂
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Thank you @GENbio for a nice and clear overview article about our work
Leukemia Therapy Approach "Deletes" Affected Blood System While Transplanting Healthy Stem Cells Researchers say an approach likened to “mixing console for blood systems" could have broad implications beyond hematological malignancies. Learn more: ow.ly/1N6w50RRCC6
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