Medicine

Clinical practice and research across all areas of human health and disease.

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Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy harnesses the body's immune system to fight disease, particularly cancer, by enhancing or restoring immune function through various biological approaches.

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FDA Approves First CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel), the first CRISPR-based therapy, for treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years and older.

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Biography

Tu Youyou

Pharmaceutical chemist who discovered artemisinin, a treatment for malaria that has saved millions of lives, earning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy harnesses the body's immune system to fight disease, particularly cancer, by enhancing or restoring immune function through various biological approaches.

Briefings

1 item

FDA Approves First CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel), the first CRISPR-based therapy, for treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years and older.

Biographies

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Tu Youyou
Pharmaceutical chemist who discovered artemisinin, a treatment for malaria that has saved millions of lives, earning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.