David Fajgenbaum, MD
@DavidFajgenbaum
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@Penn physician-scientist-patient who 'cured thyself' | Advancing @CureCastleman + @EveryCure | National Bestseller #ChasingMyCure https://t.co/26OS13etrF
Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2011
7 yrs ago, I began testing a treatment on myself with the hope that I could make it to our wedding day. Today, we celebrate 7 yrs in remission, a life together with our sweet Amelia, & #ChasingMyCure coming out in paperback.
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RT @PennMedicine: .@DavidFajgenbaum cured his own rare disease by repurposing an existing FDA-approved drug. Now, he's using AI to do the s….
fox29.com
A UPenn doctor's race to find a cure for his rare life-threatening condition is being turned into a movie. He found a cure and in the process found ways to repurpose existing medications.
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RT @matt_toal: Catch @DavidFajgenbaum on @FOX29philly this morning! He’s talking about his mission to repurpose already approved drugs… and….
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RT @tjroycemd: 🔥 new episode of @HealthTechRmdy. We hear the incredible story of @DavidFajgenbaum and @EveryCure. National best selling au….
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Podcast Episode · HealthTech Remedy · 07/09/2025 · 36m
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RT @ChanZuckerberg: Big news: We’re proud to support the launch of the Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures at @UCSF and @UCBerkeley which wil….
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With the launch of the new center, we're one step closer to making personalized CRISPR cures a reality for children born with rare genetic diseases.
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RT @Newsweek: Every Cure—the overall winner of Newsweek's inaugural AI Impact Awards—is finding hidden disease cures on dusty drugstore she….
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Every Cure—the overall winner of Newsweek's inaugural AI Impact Awards—is finding hidden disease cures on dusty drugstore shelves.
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RT @ARUPLabs: In this conversation, @DavidFajgenbaum discusses his personal diagnostic journey and the errors and delays he encountered alo….
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RT @SGRodriques: Today, we’re announcing the first major discovery made by our AI Scientist with the lab in the loop: a promising new treat….
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RT @Wharton: “During difficult times, we’re often told to look for silver linings. But my mom taught me that we should look to create them.….
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RT @PennMedicine: Congrats @DavidFajgenbaum on making the 2025 @TIME 100 Health list! Fajgenbaum survived rare Castleman disease by discove….
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Find out why David Fajgenbaum is on the TIME100 Health 2025 list.
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RT @JasmineKambojMD: Spectacular keynote by @DavidFajgenbaum of @upenn - he is the author of “@chasingmycure” and is working in the space o….
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RT @PennMedicine: The inspiring life journey of @DavidFajgenbaum is set to become a feature film. The movie aims to capture his determinati….
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The film based on his memoir "Chasing My Cure" is backed by the Academy Award-winning producer of "Forrest Gump" and "The Devil Wears Prada."
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RT @PennMedicine: For the first time in 45 years, a new subtype of Castleman disease was discovered by @DavidFajgenbaum and colleagues, all….
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Love seeing this progress by @cureffi and his wife Sonia who are chasing her cure for fatal familial insomnia.
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Patient-scientist and husband are among the researchers who developed a promising gene-editing treatment for the rare, fatal condition.
We developed a new siRNA drug candidate for prion disease, a @broadinstitute / @RTI_UMassChan collaboration. We now have an open IND meaning FDA has given us permission to start first-in-human trials. Work remains before trials can launch. The full update:
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RT @EricTopol: "Approximately 5%of annual cancer diagnoses or.100,000 cancers were projected to result from [U.S.] CT utilization in 2023.….
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RT @DrSamuelBHume: 4. A new approach for myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia gravis causes muscle weakness that gets worse with exertion. It's an….
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RT @DrSamuelBHume: 2. GLP1s might protect against dementia in people with type 2 diabetes. This is a meta-analysis of randomised trials, lo….
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Running out of known treatments for a disease doesn’t mean there are no treatments. Medicines can be effective for more diseases than they’re approved for. Companies develop drugs for specific diseases & other possibilities are often never explored. @EveryCure is changing that!.
What’s a life-saving medical fact everyone should know?.
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