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Bringing mRNA therapeutics to the world. https://t.co/R5OvtnUHwb
University of Pennsylvania
Joined January 2021
RT @yizhoudonglab: RNA chemistry and therapeutics, an exciting and impactful review article in collaboration with Dr. Drew Weissman! @Weiss….
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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Chemical modification represents an effective strategy to improve the stability, efficiency and specificity of RNA therapeutics, while reducing their immunogenicity....
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Red Ribbon Connect links Penn with HIV/AIDS researchers worldwide
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Organized by a recent Penn alum on the Community Advisory Board of the Penn Center for AIDS Research, the newly launched Red Ribbon Connect program entails a monthly virtual exchange for HIV/AIDS...
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RT @FacMedicinaUNAM: “Estoy muy honrado de estar hoy aquí, de ser un invitado y esperemos que un próximo colaborador de esta Universidad”,….
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RT @zoerobledo: 🔬 Acompañamos al Dr. David Kershenobich, secretario de Salud del Gobierno de México, en un encuentro con el Dr. Drew Weissm….
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Penn Engineers Turn Toxic Fungus into Anti-Cancer Drug
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Penn-led researchers have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound. After isolating a new class of molecules from Aspergillus flavus, a toxic crop … Read More ›
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RT @ImmunoPodcast: New in @SciImmunology!. @EmilyAunins, Dr. Anthony Phan, and their colleagues in the @WeissmanLab and Hunter Lab (@KingOf….
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RT @PennMedCSO: Improving T-cell responses to vaccines ft. @emilyaunins (@CAMBUPenn), @KingOfPathogens, Anthony Phan (@PennVet), Susan Domc….
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RT @bialfoundation: 🏆 Being a former #BIALAwardinBiomedicine winning author, and a Nobel Prize winner, Drew Weissman, from @WeissmanLab, re….
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Researchers crack the code of body’s ancient immune defense @raviradhak @PennEngineers @pennbioeng @Penn.
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A collaborative team from Penn Medicine and Penn Engineering have unraveled the mathematics of a 500-million-year-old protein network that “decides” which foreign materials are friend or foe.
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RT @DrPaulOffit: Excellent, informative interview with Dr. Drew Weissman, who won the 2023 Nobel prize for his work….
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mRNA: when you see those letters, do you think blessing or curse? This is where America finds itself in the conversation regarding the technology that brought us the Covid vaccine. Today, we explore...
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Harnessing the Electron-Withdrawing Inductive Effect of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Unveils Cation−π Interactions and Their Important Roles to Targeted mRNA Delivery | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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It is expected that current medicine will be complemented or even replaced with genetic nanomedicine, which relies on the targeted delivery of nucleic acids. Delivery of mRNA is accomplished using...
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RT @SciImmunology: Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) encoding the cytokine IL-12 can boost CD8 T Cell responses to LNP mRNA #vaccines and improve….
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Big congrats to our superstar, Jaclynn Meshanni, for winning an ATS abstract scholarship! 🌟 So proud of your hard work. P.S. She also throws a great craft gift exchange! 😉. @atscommunity @WeissmanLab
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Cancer-fighting immune cells could soon be engineered inside our bodies
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Nature - Manufacturing CAR T cells in the laboratory is expensive and time-consuming. An in vivo approach could get the powerful therapy to more people.
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RT @PennCancer: #mRNA technology has been proven to greatly impact health. However, state & federal lawmakers are canceling mRNA research t….
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Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases, but some lawmakers want to ban them and the government is cutting funding.
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RT @pennbioeng: At the 2025 Bioengineering Grad Symposium, students shared work on brain mapping, immunotherapy, and RNA tech. Keynote: Dr….
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RT @PennMedCSO: ft Tyler Papp @JianhaoZeng1 Hamna Shahnawaz, Awurama Akyianu, Amir Yadegari, Joseph Steward, Vladimir Shuvaev, Vladimir Muz….
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RT @ASGCTherapy: Meet our #ASGCT2025 keynote speakers: Drs. Drew Weissman, Tippi MacKenzie, Mike McCune, & Kiran Musunuru! Their talks will….
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