Professor @Pennmedicine We create #CellTherapy #Genetherapy - Tmunity (Kite) & Capstan (Abbvie) CoFounder, Past President @ISCTGlobal, @PNASNexus AE
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ποΈExcited to announce the website for Ring That Bell π 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/
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Measles almost killed me. Now Iβm a doctor β and Iβm scared of whatβs happening statnews.com/2026/09/24/measβ¦ via @statnews
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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. πΊπ¦π₯Όπ¬π§¬π§ͺπ retweeted
We have seen more cases of measles in the past two years (2025, 2026) than in the prior two decades combined.
This is not normal.
Two doses of the MMR vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing measles.
That remains the best protection.
If you think you were exposed and youβre unvaccinated or unsure of your vaccination status, call your doctor or local health department.
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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. πΊπ¦π₯Όπ¬π§¬π§ͺπ retweeted
How to erode trust, drive away talent and delay discoveries that save lives - 101
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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. πΊπ¦π₯Όπ¬π§¬π§ͺπ retweeted
NEW from NYT
The WH moves to usurp authority over $billions in NIH grants for cancer, heart disease & infectious diseases -- giving Trump veto power over the nationβs vast biomedical research portfolio that does not conform to his political agenda
nytimes.com/2026/09/20/scienβ¦
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Possible Measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport inquirer.com/news/philadelphβ¦
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Pa. Measles Outbreak Met With Both Defiance and a Rush to Vaccinate nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/meβ¦
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Parents are having to make a decision between work and childcare for something that we can prevent safely with vaccination
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My talk tomorrow at #CARTCR
I'll be at #CARTCR tomorrow speaking on our leading edge work @PennMedicine Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility. About us: we offer biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical partners, and academic investigators an integrated pathway for advancing cell and gene therapy programs from process development through first-in-human clinical trials.
Services include starting-material and cell processing, cell engineering, cGMP clinical manufacturing, lentiviral vector production and titration, process development and scale-up, platform evaluation, in-process and release testing, reagent qualification, master cell banks, and IND and early-phase clinical support.
We also provide extensive biomarker and correlative-study capabilities, including biobanking, multiparameter flow cytometry, qPCR/ddPCR, gene-expression and gene-editing assays, spatial biology, metabolomics, and off-target analysis.
With 15 ISO 7 processing suites, FACT accreditation since 2009, broad equipment expertise, and experience across oncology and immune diseases, CVPF provides a comprehensive bench-to-bedside infrastructure for partners seeking to translate complex living therapeutics efficiently and rigorously into the clinic. med.upenn.edu/cvpf/iexternalβ¦
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I'll be at #CARTCR tomorrow speaking on our leading edge work @PennMedicine Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility. About us: we offer biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical partners, and academic investigators an integrated pathway for advancing cell and gene therapy programs from process development through first-in-human clinical trials.
Services include starting-material and cell processing, cell engineering, cGMP clinical manufacturing, lentiviral vector production and titration, process development and scale-up, platform evaluation, in-process and release testing, reagent qualification, master cell banks, and IND and early-phase clinical support.
We also provide extensive biomarker and correlative-study capabilities, including biobanking, multiparameter flow cytometry, qPCR/ddPCR, gene-expression and gene-editing assays, spatial biology, metabolomics, and off-target analysis.
With 15 ISO 7 processing suites, FACT accreditation since 2009, broad equipment expertise, and experience across oncology and immune diseases, CVPF provides a comprehensive bench-to-bedside infrastructure for partners seeking to translate complex living therapeutics efficiently and rigorously into the clinic. med.upenn.edu/cvpf/iexternalβ¦
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Deception and fraud in the "peptide" wellness industry: No prediction market needed, you lose every time.
Peptides are seemingly everywhere these days, including at your local bodega.
Except they're not actually peptides. @sophiekleeman and @Knibbs bought some and sent them to a lab for testing. Here's what they found: wired.com/story/viral-bodegaβ¦
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Thirteen-year-old Jake passed away just two weeks before his 14th birthday after what his mum thought was just severe hay fever turned out to be an aggressive cancer π
Before he was diagnosed, Jake's mum Lynsey was giving him antihistamines before school because he had a stuffy nose and watery eyes.
She put his sheer exhaustion down to the warm summer weather and the end of the school term.
But when a swelling appeared across the bridge of his nose, an X-ray at Salisbury District Hospital revealed a mass in his nasal cavity.
Jake was diagnosed with stage 3 fusion-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer, in July 2023.
He went through nine rounds of chemotherapy and 28 sessions of proton beam radiotherapy in London, but the cancer still spread to his lymph nodes.
When further chemotherapy caused severe seizures that placed him in intensive care, Jake made the brave decision to stop his treatment entirely.
Lynsey said he was incredibly calm about it, simply telling her, "We tried our best."
He even managed to joke that at least he wouldn't have to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.
Jake passed away peacefully at home on April 26, 2024.
Before he died, he gave strict instructions for his own funeral, asking for a blue coffin and for 'Here Comes The Sun' by the Beatles to be played π
His final wish to his mum was that he wanted to be well-known and not forgotten.
Lynsey is now honouring that promise by joining forces with a children's cancer charity and studying radiotherapy at the University of Liverpool.
RIP Jake, you won't be forgotten ποΈ
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Sept 15 9AM ET/3 PM CET/6 AM PT
isctglobal.org/town-hall/inaβ¦
Ethics sits at the centre of cell and gene therapy development, influencing trial design, consent, patient access, pricing and public confidence across every jurisdiction in which these products are developed and delivered. @ISCTglobal Ethics of Cell and Gene Therapy Committee invites you to its inaugural town hall. isctglobal.org/town-hall/inaβ¦
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Betting markets on patient lives is bad enough. The conflict of interest and policing insider information is near impossible when hundreds or thousands of people may possess fragments of nonpublic information about a multicenter clinical trial, and some of them participate directly in data collection and analysis. I support this Change.org petition to Ban prediction markets from betting on the outcomes of life-saving clinical trials change.org/p/ban-prediction-β¦
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We must not turn medical research into a casino. Clinical trials depend on patients, trust, scientific integrity and confidential information. Creating a financial incentive around the outcome risks all of them. @ScienceMagazine editorial science.org/doi/10.1126/scieβ¦
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Dear Friends,
The Breakthrough Bike Challenge was founded to raise funds supporting breakthroughs in cancer research at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center. Please consider making a tax deductible donation fueling the research that will deliver breakthroughs at my page here runsignup.com/Race/175770/Doβ¦
Why will I ride? To honor the patients who have volunteered for our cancer immunotherapy clinical trials who have invested their faith and hope in our development of new medicines. To honor those living with cancer and those free from cancer. To honor the memories of my Uncle Arthur and my Aunt Glenda. To honor the memories of dear friends Richard and Laurie Carroll. To honor friend and coworker Andrea Brennan. Andrea carried with her words spoken by Stuart Scott at the ESPYs: "When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.
I know that I can make an impactful contribution to conquering this disease. Please support me and create hope for cancer patients by making a donation today.
Our team CARs Pedaling for Cures includes members and friends of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies (CCI) where we are focused on the development of personalized cell and gene based therapies. The CCI team has brought to patients many first in human clinical trials. With the explosion of new results in cancer immunotherapy and chimeric antigen receptor T cells, what was once thought quixotic, is now viewed with excitement and enthusiasm.
We celebrate and thank patients who have enrolled in our immunotherapy trials. Without their dedication and placing their faith and hope in us, we would not be able to make progress in the development of new medicines.
In 2022, we celebrated the release of the documentary film Of Medicine and Miracles, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and tells an interwoven story of leukemia survivor Emily Whitehead and Dr. Carl Juneβs experiences in the development of CAR T cell immunotherapy therapy. The film has been released on several streaming services that Iβve pasted at bottom. Last year, a song honoring CAR T cell patients that I co-wrote was commercially released, with a music video you can find at RingThatBellSong.com
Thank you for your support, follow me on Twitter (X) @BLLPHD and I will keep you posted on my progress!
Bruce
Of Medicine and Miracles Trailer: piped.video/ee1fcEEbrH8?featureβ¦
And the streaming links
Apple tv.apple.com/us/movie/of-medβ¦
Amazon amazon.com/gp/video/detail/Bβ¦
Google Play play.google.com/store/moviesβ¦
Vimeo On Demand vimeo.com/ondemand/ofmedicinβ¦
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Ethics sits at the centre of cell and gene therapy development, influencing trial design, consent, patient access, pricing and public confidence across every jurisdiction in which these products are developed and delivered. @ISCTglobal Ethics of Cell and Gene Therapy Committee invites you to its inaugural town hall. isctglobal.org/town-hall/inaβ¦
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π¨new - AI and authorship: Norms and uses to preserve human-led science @PNASNexus editorial led by @EpiProfCharlie Bottom line - AI can help steer science. It shouldn't decide where science goes. #AI #Science academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/aβ¦
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