Edward Chen

@kxYmzNkHakDlvtA @Nature (comment above appears to be AI-gen) CAR T cells kill off essentially all of the B cells (including the non-autoreactive ones). After a certain amount of time - in this case, 322 days - CAR T levels decline and new B cells are detected. Most (98%) are naive.

@Nature この結果、非常に興味深いですね！ 実は関連研究（nature.com/articles/d4158…）でも、CAR-Tにより自己反応性B細胞を選択的に除去し、複数の自己免疫疾患で長期寛解が維持された例が報告されています。 示唆に富む内容で勉強になりました。

A woman with an ultra-rare combination of three autoimmune diseases has had no symptoms since receiving a single dose of engineered immune cells go.nature.com/41XQnHv

How Pfizer’s grand plan to cure rare diseases with gene therapy crumbled “I think we promised probably too much without really understanding the limitations We projected hope rather than reality. We didn’t know.” statnews.com/2024/07/26/pfi…

One of our best events is underway: Create-A-Thon! During this unique workshop, attendees talk to expert reviewers about pieces of #scicomm that they put together prior to the conference. Attendees have made everything from TikToks to museum exhibits to literary works. 🎬🖼️✍️

We went into this project trying to answer a simple question: With 10% of doctors now under UnitedHealth Group's umbrella, how is the company changing the practice of medicine and the experience of being a doctor and a patient? statnews.com/2024/07/25/uni…

What a wild year. I’m beyond honored to be named a Pulitzer finalist with the one and only @caseymross. More than anything, we hope this shines light on the Medicare Advantage enrollees, and their families, who have been harmed by the use of this AI. pulitzer.org/finalists/case…

There are growing signs an unprecedented exodus of life scientists from academia is slowing the pace of basic research -- untested hypotheses, unused grant dollars & projects languishing in limbo. My special report for @statnews statnews.com/2023/11/15/lif…

A story about the power and limits of disease advocacy. The breakthroughs come but not necessarily in time for you “For Duchenne moms who pushed for cures, new breakthrough therapy can’t rebuild what’s lost” statnews.com/2023/06/30/duc…

This is Irene and James Nunn, of Bristol, TN. Evacuating their home to escape landfill fumes has become a routine: Wake up around midnight feeling like they're choking midnight, pack their dog into the car, and then drive all night, until 10 am. statnews.com/2023/04/18/abo…

I'm honored to receive one of this years AACR June L Biedler prizes for cancer journalism with my colleague @SciFleur ! My profile on @VCUMassey director was supported by a fellowship from @USCAnnenberg - read it here statnews.com/2022/08/03/vcu…

Former @statnews intern @EdwrdChen does a deep dive into neonatal #cytomegalovirus or #CMV — the damage it can do and the debate over whether universal screening makes sense. statnews.com/2023/04/05/cmv…

Be uncomfortable. Come prepared with data. Just start. I took a look at one hospital system grappling with racism in medicine — and what others can learn from their work. statnews.com/2022/08/25/mas… via @statnews

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to take a test at home to find out how well protected — or not — you are against Covid? People are working on it, @EdwrdChen reports. statnews.com/2022/08/23/cov…

~90% of people in the U.S. now live within an hour of a trauma center. Experts say that is still not good enough, @EdwrdChen reports statnews.com/2022/08/09/tra…

#TraumaCareAccess is improving across the country, but progress remains uneven @EdwrdChen ow.ly/HHvi50Kk3i2 @STATNews

I spent the past several months talking to more than three dozen parents and clinicians about how private equity investments have changed a popular form of autism therapy for @statnews. What I learned was striking. 1/10

Phenomenal DC reporting by @rachelcohrs all weekend, culminating in this big, sweeping piece that explains the thunderous changes to our healthcare system just passed by the Senate, and impact on the biopharma industry.

In this story, we looked at trust and the meaning of commitment + partnerships when it comes to changing the way academic medical institutions relate to communities of color. There's a lot not in the story - ill try to sum up some of those main pts! 🧵 statnews.com/2022/08/03/vcu…

At pioneering center for gene therapy, Jim Wilson presided over toxic, abusive workplace, staffers say statnews.com/2022/08/08/gen… An investigation from @ADeAngelis_bio , @adamfeuerstein and myself on the largest figure and most prominent center in gene therapy

With support on monkeypox hard to come by, queer communities turn to one another via @_gaffknee statnews.com/2022/08/11/wit…

In case you were wondering why officials still haven’t renamed monkeypox — and I was — @HelenBranswell has you covered statnews.com/2022/08/01/the…