Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease has a breathtaking price tag of 2-3 million dollars per person, and for some people who receive it, is doesn’t actually cure the condition. That’s according to Richard Brodsky, a sickle cell expert at …
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease often isn’t a cure, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Bone marrow transplants used to be limited to just those people with sickle cell disease who could receive bone marrow from a matched donor. Rick Jones, an expert in blood disorders and cancers at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues have just …
A new technique cures most people with sickle cell disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality that causes red blood cells to sickle instead of being round, and a host of problems result, including excruciatingly painful sickle cell crises. Rick Jones, an expert in blood disorders and cancer at …
What’s the best way to cure sickle cell disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Improvements in breast cancer detection and treatment have resulted in improved survival, but now those improvements seem to have stalled, a new analysis shows. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says two groups of women …
Breast cancer survival rates have stalled, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are cancer drugs that for many have been a lifeline. Yet they are associated with a range of reactions that really need to be cataloged so they’re easier to recognize, some experts argue. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer …
Possible impacts of new cancer drugs need to be cataloged, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Microplastics you’ve inhaled and eaten are found all over your body, a recent study shows, and while no one knows exactly how they’re impacting your health, odds are they aren’t good for you. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at …
How might microplastics be related to cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
