The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Avidity Biosciences to start a Phase 1/2 clinical trial testing…
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
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Two more participants have been dosed in the IGNITE DMD clinical trial, bringing to eight the total number of Duchenne…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to losmapimod, a potential treatment for…
Jesse’s Journey, a Canadian nonprofit founded by parents of a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has given…