Professor @Pennmedicine We create #CellTherapy #Genetherapy - Tmunity (Kite) & Capstan (Abbvie) CoFounder, Past President @ISCTGlobal, @PNASNexus AE
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🎙️Excited to announce the website for Ring That Bell 🔔 which I co-wrote w internationally acclaimed Irish country music artist @mags__mccarthy. It tells the emotional story of a cancer patient facing relapse and the fierce advocacy, support, and groundbreaking science that offer new hope.
#cancer #cancerresearch #immunotherapy #hope
ringthatbellsong.com/
Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 retweeted
Treasury is right to try to protect national security. But we should watch for broad restrictions that could undermine our public health goals - impacting patient access to global innovation.
The new policy could curtail virtually any investment in Chinese biotech operations, including establishing labs, or entering into joint ventures, thwarting opportunities to bring Chinese innovation to American patients.
We need to focus equal attention on making our own process more efficient and competitive, especially Phase 1 trials and the IND stage. The discussion on this will be important. We must get this balance right and ensure Americans continue to benefit from the best global science.
IMO… it is a mistake to “try to increase U.S. competitiveness through protectionism.” The new rule “may make it easier for non-U.S. companies to succeed through manufacturing in China. This wouldn’t help our global competitiveness.”
IMO… let’s instead kick ass with American ingenuity!
biocentury.com/article/66129…
Maybe honesty > authenticity? "Holmes takes advantage of our societal confusion between authenticity, or speaking one’s own truth, and honesty, in which one speaks the truth."
Great piece by @matthewherper in STAT. He reminds us of some of her lies, including one she told him on stage in front of an audience statnews.com/2026/10/20/eliz… via @statnews
"A ruthless cover-up of a breathtaking fraud, and she was at the controls,”
The reporter who exposed Theranos loved the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary but says its ‘artistry’ shouldn’t obscure the fraud fortune.com/2026/10/20/john-…
Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 retweeted
So @TylerShultz_ as a Theranos whistleblower. And he wrote the piece you need to read about ‘You Can See Everything.’
Elizabeth Holmes is still lying, he says. And the filmmakers, while creating a great piece of art, fall short on looking outside the walls of her apartment to document that.
One key detail: "My wife had to squeeze my arm to prevent me from jumping out of my seat in the theater and screaming, THAT IS NOT THE DEVICE."
Again, that device Holmes showed? It's not the one we're talking about!!!!
Having seen the film, I basically agree with Tyler's take.
statnews.com/2026/10/19/eliz…
Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 retweeted
I actually enjoyed “You can see everything” but people need to understand that this is not a documentary. And the device Elizabeth showed Nathan WAS NOT THE DEVICE
#CelliconValley Tokyo’s CellFiber Opens First U.S. Subsidiary at CIC Philadelphia to Scale Cell Therapy Manufacturing biobuzz.io/news/tokyos-cellf…
Take a look at this 👇Theranos deck. How similar is it to any other pitch deck?
Artifact: On the day we launched Axios, I published a Theranos pitchdeck from 2006.
axios.com/2017/12/15/exclusi…
Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 retweeted
A few readers have taken me to task for “missing the point of the film,” which is apparently that Elizabeth Holmes is unknowable and everything is ambiguous. Here’s my response: She went after Tyler Shultz and Erika Cheung with everything she had. I was threatened with litigation on a daily basis for months on end. It was a ruthless cover-up of a breathtaking fraud, and she was at the controls. Just a little context for those who have forgotten or didn’t follow the original story. By the way, I loved the film. #BestPicture, IMO.
A ton of people have asked me for my thoughts about “You Can See Everything,” the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary. Here they are: nytimes.com/2026/10/17/busin… via @NYTimes
Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 retweeted
Science editor-in-chief Holden Thorpe gave the day’s first warning about the rise of science in China.
He says he can see it in the papers researchers are trying to get published in the top scientific journal he edits.
"Submissions from China continue to increase, not just in number but in quality, and submissions from the U.S. are going down,” Thorpe said.
He later added: “The atmosphere there (China) is just so much more pro-science than it is here.”
Here is a video.
Scientist, Biotech Executive, Patient Advocate, and Communications Rock Star- how many hats can she wear?
2010 review of our CAR T grant proposal: patients. Although “incurable” these patients do not warrant early exposure to risky treatments.
2026 Carvykti: Hold my almost 3 billion dollar beer
The MMR vaccine provides 97% lifetime protection after two doses and is considered the best way to prevent infection. Adults with only one dose or no vaccination records should consult a health care provider about getting vaccinated.
A sixth measles death in PA.
pennlive.com/health/2026/10/…
Inspiring #immunology discoveries. #Science unlocks knowledge = lives saved
#Science is for the future
50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary statnews.com/2026/10/09/robe… via @statnews
50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary statnews.com/2026/10/09/robe… via @statnews
“Right to Try 2.0” gets the problem right and the solution wrong. N-of-1 gene editing needs faster, smarter regulation, not an end run around #FDA. When the treatment may be the first human exposure to a bespoke genetic medicine, oversight is a safeguard, not red tape. h/t @HollyLynchez @SteveJoffe @AhrensNicklas @kiranmusunuru #GeneTherapy #GeneEditing jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
🚨NEW - CAR T cells for autoimmune diseases: 2026 update of the EBMT–ISCT–JACIE practice harmonisation and consensus recommendations from 31 experts in @TheLancetRheum. I’m proud of @ISCTglobal’s work with @TheEBMT & @JACIE_EBMT, with input from @eular_org & @ECTRIMS reps
-Guidance spans rheumatological, neurological, hematological & pediatric indications. It prioritizes careful selection, trials whenever possible & multidisciplinary care in experienced centers, preferably accredited by @FACTcelltherapy or @JACIE_EBMT
-The infusion is not the finish line. Immune monitoring, long-term follow-up & @TheEBMT Registry reporting are essential to assess durability & late toxicities. Teams must distinguish treatment-related inflammation from disease flares. Enthusiasm must not outrun evidence
#immunotherapy #autoimmune #CARTCell #TCell #tcellrx
thelancet.com/journals/lanrh…
These folks are "advocates" for the return of snake oil medicine. They want to cash in on less FDA oversight.
From @MargaretManto "Are stem cells the next peptides? These advocates think RFK Jr. could make it happen" statnews.com/2026/10/05/stem… Really interesting piece. I would quibble about calling these folks "advocates". They want to cash in on less FDA oversight
