Kenneth W Witwer (he/him)
@KennethWWitwer
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I study extracellular vesicles, enveloped viruses, and noncoding RNA. Johns Hopkins University, President of ISEV, host of EVClub, consultant
United States
Joined April 2013
RT @AllenInstitute: Extracellular vesicles hold huge promise for therapeutic delivery. 💊🚀. @KennethWWitwer (@HopkinsMedicine), Angela Zivko….
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RT @SNEVresearch: 🚀 SNEV 5th Anniversary Celebration 🚀. Revisiting our journey with Dr. Ken Witwer, founders' Q&A with Dr. Sara Veiga and D….
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An exciting forum on #ExtracellularVesicles happening July 20th and sponsored by #InterdisciplinaryMedicine!.
Check out the Young Scholars Forum on Extracellular Vesicle Research and Applications, coming Saturday 20 July, featuring Australian and Chinese researchers. Scan the QR code below to watch the livestream. More info:
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RT @jptosar: Now published in ACS Applied Bio Materials. You can read the published version here: . .
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How did I not know about this? I've shared with the lab. thanks!.
I love the idea of "micropublications" (preparing one now).
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At the next #EVClub with #EViNS, Hermine Counil presents "Brain penetration of peripheral #ExtracellularVesicles from #Alzheimer's patients and induction of #microglia activation".Wed July 16, 12 noon EDT/18.00 CEST/midnight Beijing.Need the login?
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RT @ISEV_Journals: 📢Call for papers!📢 #JExBio is pleased to announce its first Special Issue 'The Biomolecular Corona of Extracellular Vesi….
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RT @deniswirtz: Ted Koppel interviews my Hopkins colleague Prof. Liz Jaffee, world expert in pancreatic cancer, about the devastating cuts….
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Remembering an amazing person, mind and leader, who is missed in Italy and all around the world.
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Although #ExtracellularVesicles have strong promise in #LiquidBiopsy, EVs from specific sources can be difficult to find, like a needle in a haystack. In this #EVClub, Agustin Enciso-Martinez et al present a solution they have found and validated in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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Engineering #ExtracellularVesicles for Efficient Delivery of Therapeutics and Genome Editors.At the next #EVClub, Xiuming Liang presents recent J Controlled Release and Nature Communications papers from the @SamirAndaloussi group.Wed June 4, 12 noon EDT/18.00 CEST.Need the login?
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Next #EVClub is with Ermioni Arvanitaki and #EViNS.#Microglia #ExtracellularVesicles in age-related #neurodegeneration.Wednesday, May 21, 12 noon EDT, 18.00 CEST.Young-Gyun (YG) Park moderates for ISEV and EViNS.Need the login? Check out the #PNAS paper:
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In this recent #EVClub, Gi-Hoon Nam, MD, PhD presented "Dual-mode action of scalable, high-quality engineered stem cell-derived SIRPα-#ExtracellularVesicles for treating acute liver failure".Congrats to Gi-Hoon and the entire team at KIST, ShiftBio, and RoosterBio for these
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"Ribonuclease activity undermines immune sensing of naked extracellular RNA" from @jptosar's group.
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Castellano et al. show that when extracellular RNases are inhibited or absent, naked extracellular RNA is internalized spontaneously by cells, inducing inflammation mediated by endosomal TLRs or...
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Therapeutic #ExtracellularVesicles were a huge theme at the recent #ISEV2025. Learn more at the next #EVClub! Gi-Hoon Nam, MD, PhD presents "Dual-mode action of scalable, high-quality engineered stem cell-derived SIRPα-EVs for treating acute liver failure"
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RT @IsevOrg: Featured Abstract talk by Juliana Powell, about EV mediated transfer of paternal antigens to the maternal immune system during….
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