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David Fajgenbaum, MD

@DavidFajgenbaum

@Penn physician-scientist-patient who 'cured thyself' | Advancing @CureCastleman + @EveryCure | National Bestseller #ChasingMyCure https://t.co/26OS13etrF

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Huge news! WHIM Syndrome received its first ever approved therapy!

WHIM syndrome, a rare and devastating condition that makes individuals more susceptible to potentially life-threatening bacterial infections, which up until now had no treatment options available.

While this…

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Did you know that the price of a drug is determined by the disease it's developed for not the cost of the actual drug?

When tocilizumab was created for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), its price was set based on other RA drugs, not the actual cost of production. Once established in…

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Huge News! A disease where your muscle turns into bone might be able to benefit from an old repurposed drug.

I was thrilled to learn this week that my colleague Fred Kaplan's research suggests that an old antibiotic called minocycline might be effective in reversing this…

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When I first showed symptoms of Castleman Disease as a third year med student, the fatigue got so intense that I actually had to take 7 minute naps between seeing patients.

And that’s while consuming cups and cups of coffee and taking caffeine pills just to try anything to stay…

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We met with over 300 potential funders before we raised our first million dollars for Every Cure.

I loved Seema Kumar’s question on We Will Cure Tuesday Talks about advice for start-up entrepreneurs, which would to be resilient and steadfast in your mission.

It’s easy to assume…

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Huge news! Aspirin may be a treatment for colon cancer.

A study just came out suggesting that individuals with colon cancer who take aspirin have a lower risk of having metastases of their cancer.

This is finding highlights why Every Cure exists, to find more uses for these…

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We're super excited to be ten days out from our annual Quest for a Cure event.

It's put on by CDCN to raise money and awareness for Castleman disease. We bring together members from all over the Philadelphia area for such a fun evening, to celebrate the progress we've…

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