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Explore the latest exciting advances in medicine with a biochemical flair. A collection of my stories about genetics, immunotherapy, cancer, and Alzheimer’s.
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Developing an ‘Inverse Vaccine’ for Type 1 Diabetes | BioSpace
Developing an ‘Inverse Vaccine’ for Type 1 Diabetes | BioSpace
What do you get when you mix certain immune cells with vitamin D and a disease-provoking molecule? An innovative new vaccine for T1D.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Sep 2, 2020
Another COVID-19 Vaccine Joins the Race — This Time, it’s a Live, Weakened Virus | BioSpace
Another COVID-19 Vaccine Joins the Race — This Time, it’s a Live, W...
Another COVID-19 vaccine candidate recently entered the races — a live attenuated (weakened) virus delivered nasally, not as a shot.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Sep 2, 2020
The Time for DMD Gene Therapy is Now: A Chat with the MDA | BioSpace
The Time for DMD Gene Therapy is Now: A Chat with the MDA | BioSpace
After almost 15 years since the first gene therapy trial for DMD began, the dream of a DMD gene therapy drug is getting closer to a…
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Sep 2, 2020
Restoring Cellular Power Outages: A New Drug to Treat Mitochondrial Diseases | BioSpace
Restoring Cellular Power Outages: A New Drug to Treat Mitochondrial...
A small biotech company is aiming to recharge tired cells, giving mitochondrial disease patients new hope of a disease-specific treatment.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Sep 2, 2020
Viaskin™ Peanut’s Long-Term Phase III Updates and What the FDA Has to Say About Them | BioSpace
Viaskin™ Peanut’s Long-Term Phase III Updates and What the FDA Has ...
With only one FDA-approved therapy and standard-of-care treatment including avoidance, the unmet need for peanut allergy drugs is huge.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Sep 2, 2020
Detecting Coronavirus’ Structural Fingerprint as a Screening Method | BioSpace
Detecting Coronavirus’ Structural Fingerprint as a Screening Method...
Lasers aren’t just for directing presentations, playing tag or annoying cats. They can also serve as virus hunters.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Sep 2, 2020
Using AI to Find Peptide Therapeutics for COVID-19 | BioSpace
Using AI to Find Peptide Therapeutics for COVID-19 | BioSpace
Nuritas is using its AI platform to search for antiviral and anti-inflammatory peptides specifically active against COVID-19 targets.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Jun 16, 2020
A Helmet-Based Ventilator Alternative for COVID-19 Patients | BioSpace
A Helmet-Based Ventilator Alternative for COVID-19 Patients | BioSpace
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) supports a patient’s breathing and provides ventilation without needing to sedate and intubate the patient.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Jun 16, 2020
ImmunityBio’s Promising Preclinical HIV Drug is Moving into Phase I Trials | BioSpace
ImmunityBio’s Promising Preclinical HIV Drug is Moving into Phase I...
Long-term drugs that attack latent HIV are the next big hurdle to advance towards a cure. These drugs could attack HIV where it hides.
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Jun 16, 2020
Harnessing the Body’s Own Protein Waste Removal System to Drug the ‘Undruggable’ | BioSpace
Harnessing the Body’s Own Protein Waste Removal System to Drug the ...
How do you catch just one kind of fish in a sea of similar fish? That’s the question being answered by researchers at Nurix, except they…
Chelsea Weidman Burke, M.S.
Jun 16, 2020
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