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  Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution

  STAT - Jason Mast

  WASHINGTON — Jennifer Puck has successfully treated 10 children with a gene therapy for a fatal disorder that decimates their immune system. But she …

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  'Stunning' change to United's colonoscopy coverage roils physicians and patients

  STAT - Angus Chen

  When gastroenterologists learned in March that UnitedHealthcare plans to barricade many colonoscopies behind a controversial and complicated process …

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  'Are we better off with the information?': Experts spar over the benefits of liquid biopsy to catch cancer

  STAT - Brittany Trang

  New technologies are making it possible to detect cancer earlier than ever — but the field is still fiercely divided on whether these liquid biopsy …

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  Novel strategy of attacking sugars on cancer cells to free immune system shows promise in early tests

  STAT - Angus Chen

  ORLANDO, Fla. — Many cancer cells shroud themselves in a thicket of complex sugars called glycans that help them suppress immune cells seeking to …

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  Relay's breast cancer drug proves tolerable, but market is unimpressed

  STAT - Angus Chen

  ORLANDO, Fla. — Researchers presented early-phase trial results on RLY-2608, Relay Therapeutics’ next-generation PI3K inhibitor, at the American …

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  Moderna-Merck mRNA cancer vaccine shows promise in combination with melanoma drug

  STAT - Angus Chen

  ORLANDO, Fla. — For years, early experimental results offered hope that scientists might be able to offer cancer vaccines tailored to an individual’s …