Jerry Lee, MD, MPhil, MS

This is always the best ending to an otherwise tough year. Be good to each other, kind to ourselves, and remember to live life fully with all the love in the world.

The best

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Will be the first of many... fda.gov/drugs/resource…

Obe-cel approved for R/R ALL, with an encouraging comparative toxicity profile - will see with real-world data. What we do know already is that this is already the most dinosaur-sounding CAR T - "Aucatzyl" fda.gov/drugs/resource…

@Aetna I just sent a secured message back to your email. Hopefully Aetna can authorize it after a third try

@TheBloodDoc Hi, Jerry Lee, MD, We have sent you a Direct Message with our secured contact information. Thank you. Joseph, AetnaHelp

First time getting a drug denied by insurance (@Aetna): I've learned that Medicare-approved journals for coverage include Lancet and Lancet Oncology, but not @TheLancetHaem. Go figure

Check out our new CAR-T target for high-risk myeloma! In our pre-print we show that CD70 is a novel CAR-T target expressed in high-risk MM subtypes, and leverage CD70's natural ligand (CD27) to design a CAR-T with enhanced in vivo expansion. See the full thread below!

Chargers have finally made a smart move!!

My favorite Twitter re-share each year

Ridiculous, let's just not play any games. Terrible for FSU fans, coaches, and players

A lot of SEC bias in the media, which has always been the case, but I don't see the committee dropping an undefeated P5 champ. The bigger question would've been which one-loss team gets in, but luckily for the committee, it's already decided based on head-to-head. Sorry SEC

@dog_rates Rarest of all, 16/10

Doug passed away Tuesday afternoon. He could no longer walk on his own and he told us it was time. He went so peacefully. He felt no pain. The sun was shining. It was such an honor to be Doug's person. He taught me infinitely more than I taught him. I adopted him knowing he wouldn't be with me long, and I'm so incredibly grateful we got 3 years. We made the most of them. Doug's presence had such a weight to it. He was impossible to ignore for many reasons, his size only one of them. I told him the foundation he inspired will help dogs well beyond his time here. I think he always thought that was pretty cool. You're stardust again, Douggy. Come back to me in whatever form you like. I'll know it's you. And to whoever is with him now, please give him your love. He gave so much of his. 15/10 ❤️

@drkomanduri I can't decide which of the yes to select 🙃

Sports question. Will the Miami Hurricanes decision NOT to take a knee yesterday go down as the dumbest coaching decision in the history of college football? #BecauseMiami

Also: "It was particularly horrible as that same week, I had just been diagnosed with cancer...I was facing two operations, and my husband, who had gone back to Hungary to pick up his green card...I was really struggling, and then they told me this.”

A reminder: “They told me [Katalin Kariko] that they’d had a meeting and concluded that I was not of faculty quality,” she said. ”When I told them I was leaving, they laughed at me and said, ‘BioNTech doesn’t even have a website.’” wired.co.uk/article/mrna-c…

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@NikeshanJ Mind/heart/stomach/liver**

@TheBloodDoc Mind/heart/stomach*

Zero expectations coming in - now leaving with academic BFFs, a cadre of mentors, #TeamMultilevel and a completely full mind/heart. Cannot recommend enough. Thank you #ASHCRTI for an incredible, enriching experience!

@KellyNFitz Congrats and welcome back!! Hope to see you soon =)

A life/career update, delayed by a transcontinental move: last month I graduated @MSKCancerCenter fellowship, and this week I joined the GU Med Onc faculty group at @UCSFCancer! Owe so much to my mentors @ChungHanLee3 @motzermd and many others, and so excited for what’s to come.