Special report on a CAR-T crisis; surprising mutations in the monkeypox virus

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'How do you decide?': Cancer treatment's CAR-T crisis has patients dying on a waitlist By Angus Chen MD Anderson Cancer Center The shortage of CAR-T therapy for multiple myeloma is creating a gut-wrenching dilemma for clinicians — deciding who gets the chance to live. Read More What the surprising mutations in the monkeypox virus could indicate about the new outbreak By Andrew Joseph NIAID Based on normal evolutionary timelines, scientists would expect a virus like monkeypox to pick up this many mutations over perhaps 50 years. Read More STAT+: Companies can't make CAR-T cells for cancer treatment quickly enough. Here's what they're doing about it By Angus Chen Adobe Unexpected demand for an immunotherapy is worsened by shortages of a component that's also used in Covid vaccines. Read More Sponsor content by STAT+ Sign up for our free pop-up newsletter: ADA in 30 seconds Get insightful analysis of the data presented at the conference of the American Diabetes Association with this newsletter. STAT will be on top of all the news out of the event and will recap the most important advances in research and care for you from June 4-6. Sign up now. How the Covid-19 pandemic prepared the White House to respond to monkeypox By Rachel Cohrs Brian Ach/Getty Images for TIME 100 Health Summit STAT spoke with White House official Raj Panjabi about how lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic are helping with the new monkeypox outbreak. Read More Can wearables turn temperature into a pregnancy test? By Katie Palmer Adobe New research on 30 women wearing Oura rings finds the devices picked up temperature trends that could detect pregnancy sooner. Read More STAT+: Carbon Health, citing concerns about path to profitability, lays off 250 employees By Mohana Ravindranath Wikimedia Commons Carbon Health, which runs dozens of brick-and-mortar clinics and a virtual care business, laid off 250 employees. Read More Opinion: Beyond baby formula: advancing best practices in FDA's efforts to prevent shortages By Peter J. Pitts SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images The firestorm over baby formula shortages offers an opportunity for the FDA to address the potential for shortages across its portfolio. Read More Listen: Biotech's Catch-22, a $100 genome, & dealing with monkeypox By Damian Garde and Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein Health care strategist Jared Holz of Oppenheimer joins us to discuss what it will take to change Wall Street's dire view of the drug industry. Read More Thursday, June 2, 2022       1 Exchange Pl, Suite 201, Boston, MA 02109 ©2022, All Rights Reserved. I no longer wish to receive STAT emails Update Email Preferences | Contact Us | View In Browser