Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦

NEW - Public Service Announcements linked to Ring That Bell to run on radio stations across the USA are designed to raise awareness about the song and its connection to cancer advocacy. We aim to inspire action and support for cancer initiatives. Listen at RingThatBellSong.com below music video

DR. CARL JUNE AND DR. MICHEL SADELAIN ARE BEING AWARDED THE BROERMANN MEDICAL INNOVATION AWARD 2025 Giessen (ots) - - With prize money of one million euros, it is one of the most highly endowed medical awards in the world

🚨Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Carl June & Prof. Dr. Michel Sadelain! 2025 laureates of the Broermann Medical Innovation Award for the development of the CAR-T cell #immunotherapy #cancer #CancerResearch pressreleasehub.pa.media/article/dr-c...

Our website is up for Ring That Bell" ringthatbellsong.com

Is Germline Editing Feasible and Should it be Permissible? I joined @urnov.bsky.social, @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social, ISCT President Miguel Forte & Chief Regulatory Officer Bambi Grilley to discuss #ethics #bioethics & technological hurdles of embryo editing www.isctglobal.org/telegrafthub...

My CNBC.com segment on implications for pediatric vaccine schedule from recent politics. 2003 saw ~5,000 cases of pertusis, in 2024 there were over 35,000, and for 2025, some models show 70,000+

We risk a return of communicable diseases in children.

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YouTube video by Penn Medicine The Power of Public Investment in Science

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How future cures begin as ideas in laboratories ft. Carl June, @bllphd.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social), David Porter, Stephen Bagley, Jakub Svoboda (@penncancer.bsky.social) & Donald O'Rourke (@PennNSG) tinyurl.com/32hd7y2m

🚨Just published - Multiplex engineering using microRNA-mediated gene silencing in CAR T cells #celltherapy #genetherapy #immunotherapy www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Announcing the website for the song Ring That Bell 🔔 cowritten w @magsmccarthy.bsky.social an 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

Nearly two dozen people in Florida are ill after drinking raw milk from the same farm | CNN Nearly two dozen people have developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, according to the state’s Department of Health.

Nearly two dozen people developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, state health department says (from @reportergoodman.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/h...

Frontiers | Multiplex engineering using microRNA-mediated gene silencing in CAR T cells Multiplex gene edited CAR T cell therapies face challenges, including potential oncogenic risks from double-strand breaks. Targeted microRNAs (miRNAs) may of...

🚨Coming soon! Multiplex engineering using microRNA-mediated gene silencing in CAR T cells. In a single lentiviral vector- multiplex silencing & expression of a CAR, better expansion & viability than gene editing by electroporation www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

More disease coming, unfortunately in kids. Adults making the bad decisions for them.

YouTube video by The Stem Cell Channel from The Niche 5 reasons not to go to a stem cell clinic

My new 2-minute 5-point short on why one shouldn't go to stem cell clinics or at least seriously weigh risks + low chance of benefit. Good little video for scientists and physicians too looking for clear explanation when people ask #stemcells #stemcell www.youtube.com/shorts/EX9iU...

New analysis predicts sprawling effects of proposed NIH budget cuts Initial analyses of the Trump administration’s proposed NIH cuts neglect key aspects of their long-term economic and health impact, study says.

Cutting NIH to “save” money is fundamentally flawed
-Modest annual savings pale compared to multi‑trillion‑dollar health, innovation, and productivity losses www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...

US FDA’s Biologics Center Departures Grew Before More Than 100 RIFs Exited The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research saw departures far outnumber new hires in the second and third quarters of FY 2025, before more than 100 people left July 14 after the reduction-in-for...

From Pink Sheet on continued departures from FDA’s biologics division and challenges backfilling openings. FDA biologics center reported 106 departures from Jan. 1 to June 30. These numbers don’t include the 100-150 who were part of the reduction-in-force

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FDA’s cancer review team overseeing breast and gynecological products has lost about 1/3 of its medical review staff and the malignant heme group will lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among seasoned reviewers

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There should be a cable channel fact checking all the cable news channels and their paid "pundits" in real time

If gifted narrative filmmaker Marwin Gansauge asks, "Can I make a movie about you?", what do you say? More than ever, science communication is desperately needed to convey the importance of research in developing new treatments for patients. Filmed in Vancouver & Dublin youtu.be/YrevpY-DNmw

Is Makary's FDA already heading toward a breaking point? - The Niche Stem cell biologist writes about how Makary's FDA is already in serious trouble due to politics and a lack of experienced staff.

Is Makary's FDA already heading toward a breaking point? ipscell.com/2025/07/is-m... #stemcells #stemcell #CRISPR what does it mean for the cell and gene therapy field?

Pandemic Revisionism, Part One: COVID-19 Origins Because people keep getting this very wrong.

How did the pandemic start?

I have avoided publicly commenting on this for 5 years. Here's my take as someone who has no stake at all in the game.

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If real facts matter to you

Sign of the times.

A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups — and more disruption is coming.

A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups — and more disruption is coming.
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Taxing innovation

TFW when UFC is valued > MIT is not AOK

🧵3/3 Academia and industry form powerful partnerships for impact @pennmedicine.bsky.social
Since 2018, the Penn Medicine Co-Investment program has spurred faculty innovation, created jobs, and scaled up ideas into large-scale clinical studies. pennmedicine.org/news/academi...

🧵2/3 How future cures begin as ideas in laboratories
The successes of CAR T research show the importance of the cycle of science
@PennMedicine
—sparking new ideas and clinical trials that give patients better options. pennmedicine.org/news/how-fut...

🧵1/3 How discoveries become cures, in a virtuous cycle
@pennmedicine.bsky.social
- Public investments in biomedical research have an outsized effect, driving new scientific insights, economic growth, and ultimately treatments and cures. #NIH pennmedicine.org/news/how-dis...

🏋️Training Course! The Use of Cell Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases: CAR-T in #Paris Oct 16-17
#immunotherapy #autoimmune #Tcell #tcellrx @isctglobal.bsky.social
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