
Ryan Cross the Science Boss
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Senior Science Correspondent for @Endpts covering biotech, drug discovery, gene editing, RNA, and more. Formerly at Boston Globe and C&EN. Signal: RyanCross.25
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#CRISPR isn’t living up to its potential. Thousands of rare diseases that could be treated with gene editing remain untouched by drug companies. Two scientists, Fyodor Urnov + Kiran Musunuru, have a plan to fix that. Read more in my deep dive for Endpoints News: endpts.com/crispr-isnt-li…

Patrick Hsu's Patrick Hsu startup Stylus Medicine has launched with $85M to develop a recombinase-based gene insertion tech that is simpler than similar CRISPR-based approaches, with an initial focus on in vivo CAR-T. My exclusive for Endpoints News has the details: endpts.com/exclusive-patr…


In an anticipated update for the gene insetion field, David R. Liu and Sam Sternberg have figured out how to get #CRISPR-associated transposases to insert full genes efficiently in human cells. Lei Lei Wu and I have the details in our story for Endpoints News: endpts.com/david-liu-sam-…

So CRISPR Therapeutics surprised me yesterday when it partnered with an #siRNA company. After all, isn't #CRISPR gene editing supposed to do anything that siRNA can do, only permanently? I talked to CEO Samarth Kulkarni to learn more in my latest for Endpoints News: endpts.com/crispr-therape…

Here's a wild idea: attach a cocaine-like molecule to the surface of a torn-up adenovirus and inject it in chronic drug users to help them develop antibodies that prevent cocaine from reaching the brain. I have the details of the first results in Endpoints News: endpts.com/researchers-re…

Casma Tx has raised more than $150 million since it launched in 2018 to develop drugs that target autophagy. It's presenting its first preclinical data in Gaucher's disease this week, but recently trimmed its staff to 5 employees. Read more in Endpoints News: endpoints.news/after-layoffs-…


In another interesting alternative to animal models, the organoid startup Parallel Bio has raised $21 million to test drugs and vaccines in its lymph node-in-a-dish technology, sourced from 100 human tissue donors. Read more in my exclusive for Endpoints News - endpoints.news/organoid-start…