Louai Labanieh
@louailabanieh
Assistant Professor @IcahnMountSinai @IcahnInstitut @SinaiImmunol
Engineering tiny assassins that kill cancer.
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6RVatngAAAAJ 21-01-2016 07:05:14
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Excited to see our research led with phenomenal Matthew D. Park, Ph.D. & Tom Marron in The Wall Street Journal ! this builds on years studying inflammation in cancer, now redirected to aging. Now we're launching trials to test if modulating inflammation can prevent age-related diseases.Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute
Thursday morning, I had the privilege of speaking with the Muldoon family, whose 10-month-old son, baby KJ, was discharged Wednesday from Children's Hospital. Baby KJ was diagnosed with a rare urea cycle disorder and received a first-of-its-kind personalized CRISPR gene-editing
.Secretary Kennedy said yesterday at the FDA: "CRISPR gives the gift of life." He is 100% correct. I appreciate HHS, FDA, CMS, NIH, and CBER leadership devoting their morning to communicate their clear support for CRISPR giving such a gift to all of our nation's children who need it.
.Secretary Kennedy - thank you so much for your broad support for gene editing and gene therapies as well as recognizing the importance of Baby KJ’s story and the potential that CRISPR base editing therapies hold for patients with severe genetic diseases. I’m thrilled you have publicly
Powerful piece on the dominance of NIH-funded science and its role in drug discovery. Cutting the NIH budget puts all the U.S. has built at risk. We urge Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Commentary only & Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD to champion U.S. science and defend NIH funding statnews.com/2025/06/06/us-… via STAT
As the US Congress is considering a bill to sabotage US economic growth with a 40% slash to the NIH budget (world's largest innovation engine for life-saving research), the UK announced a $30B/year increase in science & technology funding to boost their economy. h/t euan ashley
Powerful, bipartisan concern about NIH cuts at today’s Congressional hearing, with thoughtful questions from both sides of the aisle. Thank you Shelley Moore Capito, Sen. Tammy Baldwin & Sen. Susan Collins for standing up for science. youtube.com/live/pNSYfQYux… via YouTube