Maguire Lab In vivo gene delivery developer

the MGH
Joined January 2013
Some context for the UniQure $QURE post below: Earlier today, the FDA held a media call with the same "senior FDA official" who spoke to me (and other reporters) individually earlier in the week. The call was set up obstensibly so that this senior FDA official could rail against UniQure without going on the record. He did exactly this for 30 minutes, repeating the same criticisms, claiming Uniqure's Huntington’s therapy is a failure, the sham surgery would be blinded even if just small "nicks" in the skin were made in a 30-minute procedure, dismissing the idea of formally reviewing the therapy, disregarding outside scientific experts, and then accusing the media of not adequately covering what the FDA (and this official) have been doing. Reporters from Bloomberg, STAT, NY Times, WSJ, Politico and other media organizations were on the call.
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It never ceases to shock me that not every single person knows about the gene therapy trials that restored hearing in congenitally deaf children. In fact, not a single one of my cell bio students in lecture tonight knew about this triumph of science and medicine!!! 🤯🤯🤯
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“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.” Genes-> Medicine @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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In a new study, researchers from @CGM_MGH and colleagues found that a customized gene-editing technology shows potential to treat lethal pediatric disease. The study was published in @natBME. Read more: massgeneralbrigham.org/en/ab… @BKleinstiver @MGBInnovation
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Congratulations to all co-authors! And here is a free link to access the manuscript: rdcu.be/eFAEz
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Our manuscript describing the optimization of a bespoke base editor to treat a severe pediatric vascular disease is now published in @natBME 🫀🧬 See my previous Xtorial below for details about this massive collaborative effort nature.com/articles/s41551-0…
Check out our @biorxivpreprint describing our efforts to treat a severe vascular disease 🫀: 1️⃣ Optimization of a target-specific base editor🧬 2⃣ A *must avoid* bystander edit prevalent with WT SpCas9 BEs! 🙅‍♂️😱 3⃣ Substantial extension of lifespan following in vivo base editing! 🐁✅ A 🧵 below with more details! @CGM_MGH @MGH_RI @MassGeneralNews @harvardmed biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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– Pardoned January 6 rioters who violently assaulted police officers – Deputized Elon Musk to dig through your personal health and financial information – Froze funding for cancer research, Meals on Wheels, and disaster relief – Canceled contracts that American farmers were relying on – Shut down the agency that goes after scammers and predatory lenders – Shut down the agency that provides food and medicine to sick kids – Shut down Social Security offices across the country – Fired the experts in charge of overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile – Fired the top ethics official in charge of preventing conflicts of interest in government – Fired the Inspectors General who root out fraud and corruption in the government – Refused to fire advisors who disclosed classified military information in a group chat – Refused to fire advisor who said don't complain if your Social Security check doesn't come – Refused to fire advisor who said Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time – Halted enforcement of the law to prevent bribery of government officials – Pocketed millions of dollars from pumping his own personal meme coin – Defied orders from federal judges and the Supreme Court – Crashed the stock market – Raised prices on groceries, clothing, and cars – Backed a bill to slash Medicaid – Deported a U.S. citizen with stage 4 cancer, without his medication. He's 4-years-old.
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Who voted for the cutting of funds to cancer research? Can someone show me those voters?
Hey @elonmusk, why are you stopping our best scientists and medical researchers from discovering new cures and treatments? You need more time to review the spending? Were you too busy waving a chainsaw at CPAC to do that last week? I thought this was supposed to be hardcore.
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