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STAT+: A nonprofit does deals in Brazil and India to make low-cost CAR-T cell therapies widely available

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The deals will initially involve manufacturing cell therapies for combating lymphoma and leukemia, which carry price tags in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealthy nations. By “We’re trying to crack this nut of affordability and accessibility,” Boro Dropulić, who heads Caring Cross, explained.

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What you need to know about treating skin tags

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Skin tags are one of those things you probably don’t think about until you spot one. At first glance, you may fear it’s a symptom of psoriasis , eczema , HPV warts, or skin cancer —but skin tags are common, noncancerous, and essentially harmless. Read on to see what experts say about the following 13 home remedies for skin tags.

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To Avoid Skin Tags, Cut Back on Sweets

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People often want to know how to make skin tags go away. We’ve heard from plenty of readers who have other ideas about getting rid of them. Here is one person’s story on how to avoid skin tags. Lowering Blood Sugar Helped Reader Avoid Skin Tags: Q. I had a number of skin tags on my neck.

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STAT+: Bone marrow transplant advance could widen use of this less buzzy cure for sickle cell disease

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These drugs have price tags of $2.2 This approach has been around for decades but required patients to have a well-matched donor and endure a hefty dose of chemotherapy, ruling out transplant as an option for the vast majority of patients. million and $3.1 million, respectively.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Senate probe into Novo pricing, a new UTI antibiotic, and more

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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is investigating the prices Novo Nordisk charges for its blockbuster medications, Ozempic and Wegovy, which are highly effective at treating diabetes and obesity but carry steep price tags, The New York Times writes. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),

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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

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Last month, Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), or beti-cel, was approved as a one-time potentially curative gene therapy for patients with beta-thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions. Unfortunately, almost half of these young patients who do not receive treatment die within five years of symptom onset.

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Scientists and medics turn to TikTok to reassure public on vaccine safety

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One such scientist is Dr Anna Blakney (pictured above left), who is working on the COVID-19 vaccine project underway at Imperial College London in the UK and has attracted an impressive 205,000 followers. When we talk about vaccines as health professionals, people who are vehemently anti-vaccine can take it out of context for their agenda.