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Daniel S. Levine

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Principal, Levine Media Group, host of The Bio Report and RARECast podcasts, award-winning journalist focused on the life sciences.

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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 22h
Ryan Beal, CEO of Dyve Biosciences, discusses why acidity is an overlooked but foundational target in oncology, how its delivery technology may overcome the limitations of oral bicarbonate dosing, and indications beyond cancer that the company is pursuing. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/neutralizi...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Steven Ringel, founder and CEO of Nome, discusses helping families and patient groups evaluate genetic-medicine options, shape development plans, and connect with partners to advance individualized therapies toward the clinic. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/en...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Catharina Svanborg, chair of Hamlet Biopharma, discusses Alpha1H—an experimental synthetic peptide inspired by a protein complex in human breast milk—designed to target bladder tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/enabling-p...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Per Lundin of Evox Therapeutics, discusses the promise and limitations of exosome-enabled gene editing, how Evox is prioritizing its pipeline, and what it will take to establish this emerging therapeutic strategy in the clinic. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/us...
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Using Exosomes to Tackle the Delivery Challenge of Genetic Medicines for the Brain
Per Lundin, the company’s co-founder and CEO, discusses the promise and limitations of exosome-enabled gene editing, how the company is prioritizing its pipeline, and what it will take to establish th...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Erik Ingelsson, CSO of Wave Life Sciences, explains how an RNA-based approach to fat loss could reshape obesity treatment—by targeting the biology that regulates fat breakdown and redefining what success looks like. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/targeting-...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Eric Scheeff, CSO of Idefine, discusses progress in building the scientific foundation for a treatment for the neurodevelopmental condition Kleefstra syndrome, the role of its patient community, and its work ahead. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/bu...
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Building a Roadmap to Treat a Rare Neurodevelopmental Condition
Eric Scheeff, chief scientific officer of Idefine and parent of a child with Kleefstra syndrome, discusses the organization’s progress in building the scientific foundation for a potential treatment, ...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jack Silberstein, CEO of Deck Bio, discusses the company’s efforts to create multi-target T-cell engagers that reach more cancer cells, reduce the likelihood that tumors will evade treatment, and minimize harm to healthy tissue. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/engineerin...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Julie Raskin, CEO of Congenital Hyperinsulinism International discusses how an NICU crisis gave rise to the organization and its global fight for better treatments. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/th...
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The Long Road from the NICU to New Therapies
Congenital hyperinsulinism can turn a newborn’s first days into a medical emergency. The body produces too much […]
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Here's what you may have missed in August from The Bio Report, RARECast, and Life Sciences D'n'A podcasts. www.linkedin.com/pulse/gilead...
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Gilead's Strategic Vision, Curing Sickle Cell Before Life Begins, and More
Here's what you may have missed in August from The Bio Report, RARECast, and Life Sciences D'n'A podcasts. The Bio Report Innovating ADCs with Dual Targeting and Smarter Delivery Antibody-drug conjuga...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Doug Love, CEO of Annexon, discusses Guillain-Barré syndrome, the limits of current nonspecific care, and Annexon’s targeted approach to stopping the complement-driven inflammatory cascade at its source. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/st...
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Stopping Guillain-Barré Syndrome at Its Source
Doug Love, CEO of Annexon, discusses the biological role of the classical complement pathway in Guillain-Barré syndrome, the limitations of current nonspecific standards of care, and the company’s eff...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Mayank Gandhi, co-founder and CEO of NEOK Bio, discusses the company’s bispecific ADC platform, its two clinical programs, and its strategy to develop more selective therapies for patients with advanced solid tumors. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/innovating...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Raza Bokhari of Medicus Pharma, discusses the company’s effort to develop a localized, non-surgical treatment for people with Gorlin syndrome, and how the patch may induce tumor-cell death while limiting systemic exposure. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/fr...
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From Repeated Surgery to a Precision Patch
Raza Bokhari, CEO of Medicus Pharma, discusses the company’s approach to developing a localized, non-surgical treatment for people with Gorlin syndrome, how the patch is intended to induce tumor-cell ...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Alan Trounson Evinco discusses the company’s effort to develop NK cell-derived particles to cross the blood-brain barrier, curb neuroinflammation, and promote amyloid clearance in Alzheimer’s. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/targeting-...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Could sickle cell be cured before birth? Panicos Shangaris of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social discusses the PERICLES Project and prenatal gene editing’s promise. @globalgenes.bsky.social genes #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/cu...
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Curing Sickle Cell Before Life Begins
Panicos Shangaris, a clinical senior lecturer and consultant in maternal and fetal medicine at King’s College London, discusses what daily life looks like for people living with sickle cell disease to...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@gilead.com CMO Dietmar Berger on using targeted acquisitions to build platforms across solid tumors, autoimmune disease, and viral threats. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/how-gilead...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Unexplained weakness isn’t just aging. @Myasthenia Gravis Association’s Allison Foss and @clevelandclinic.bsky.social John Morren discuss red flags for late-onset neuromuscular disease and a new clinical diagnostic tool. @globalgenes.bsky.social s #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/sp...
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Spotting Neuromuscular Disease Red Flags
Myasthenia Gravis Association Executive Director Allison Foss and Director of the Neuromuscular Center at Cleveland Clinic John Morren discuss the everyday impact of conditions like myasthenia gravis,...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Half of ischemic stroke patients face poor outcomes. Revalesio’s Greg Archambeau discusses how the company’s oxygenated saline therapy, RNS60, may help protect the brain after stroke, reduce tissue damage, and change the economics of stroke care. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/protecting...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chiesi Global Rare Diseases has evolved through dealmaking expanding into CRISPR and BBB tech—Giacomo Chiesi shares vision @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/ex...
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Expanding into a Global Rare Disease Player through Deal-Driven Innovation
Giacomo Chiesi, head of Chiesi Rare Diseases, discusses how the business has grown through acquisitions, its move into CRISPR gene editing and blood–brain barrier crossing enzyme platforms, and its br...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The autoimmune condition Type 1 diabetes is managed, not prevented. Zag Bio CEO Jason Cole discusses targeting immune tolerance via thymus-homing antibodies to induce Tregs. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/turning-th...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Most drugs miss key GPCR targets. Christoffer Norn, CEO of SkapeBio discusses how the company is using AI-designed mini proteins to unlock them—combining strengths of biologics and small molecules to open new therapeutic frontiers. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/unlocking-...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Warner Biddle, CEO of Kyverna, discusses the company’s B cell–targeting cell therapy and their potential to reset autoimmune disease @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/a-...
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A One-Time Cell Therapy to Reset the Immune System in Autoimmune Diseases
Warner Biddle, CEO of Kyverna Therapeutics, discusses the company’s B cell–targeting cell therapy platform, the range of autoimmune diseases it aims to address, and its next-generation therapies in de...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A-Alpha Bio’s David Younger discusses why more wet lab data and infrastructure will be needed for AI drug discovery than most people expect, why current public datasets fall short, and the company’s business model. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/addressing...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Johns Hopkins RNA Innovation Center’s Jeff Coller discusses what it will take to realize the promise of bespoke therapies and make them economically and operationally viable for ultra-rare diseases @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/bu...
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Building the Infrastructure for Made to Order Gene Therapies
Jeff Coller, director of the Johns Hopkins RNA Innovation Center why the promise of bespoke gene editing therapies will be constrained less by science than by regulatory, manufacturing, and reimbursem...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Multispecific antibodies unlock new biology—but safety risks are often designed in. @labgeni_us' @AngusSinclair discusses how its AI platform engineers multi-specific T‑cell engagers that are both potent and selective in solid tumors. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/turning-mu...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Families seeking rare disease diagnoses face years of dead ends. Sunstone Health uses AI and rapid WGS to speed up answers for high-risk families. @globalgenes #RARECastListen to founder Joshua Resnikoff on @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast: globalgenes.org/raredaily/65...
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Rewiring the Rare Disease Diagnostic Odyssey
Sunstone Health founder Joshua Resnikoff discusses how his son’s rare disease diagnostic odyssey gave rise to the company, how Sunstone is working to transform the path to a diagnosis, and its busines...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Acute ischemic stroke is common yet undertreated—few patients get thrombolytics or thrombectomy due to narrow treatment windows and bleeding risk. Basking Biosciences is developing a reversible vWF-targeting thrombolytic to expand access and safety. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/addressing...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
EPP is an ultra-rare disorder where brief sun exposure causes extreme, burn-like pain. Shadow Jumpers founder Craig Leppert discusses growing up with undiagnosed EPP and how a clinical trial therapy offers new hope. #RARECast @globalgenes.bsky.social globalgenes.org/raredaily/em...
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Emerging from a Life in the Shadows
Craig Leppert, founder of the non-profit Shadow Jumpers, discusses his experience with EPP, the benefits he’s had as a participant in a clinical trial of an experimental therapy to treat the condition...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Plasma gelsolin, a natural regulator of inflammation depleted in severe illness, may offer a first-in-class, non-immunosuppressive way to tame cytokine storms in ARDS and beyond. Hear BioAegis CEO Susan Levinson on this pipeline-in-a-product. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/a-pipeline...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
AAV gene therapies have cargo limits that prevent them from being used to treat large disease genes. @SpliceBioHQ uses split inteins to deliver oversized genes, with a dual-AAV program CEO Miquel Vila-Perello explains: @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/fi...
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Fitting Big Genes into Small Vectors
Miquel Vila-Perello, CEO of SpliceBio, discusses the company’s platform technology that enable to the delivery of large genes in AAV vectors, its work to date in Stargardt disease, and preclinical dat...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
High quality targets remain a bottleneck in drug discovery. Regeneron is addressing this by combining human genetics, proteomics, clinical data, and AI to scale target discovery. Aris Baras, head of the Regeneron Genetics Center, explains. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/building-a...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
David Stamler, CEO of Alterity, discusses the biology of multiple system atrophy, the company’s promising clinical results to date, and why its therapeutic approach may also have application in other neurodegenerative diseases. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/ta...
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Targeting Iron Dysregulation in the Neurodegenerative Condition MSA
Multiple system atrophy is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative condition that is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s disease but carries a far grimmer prognosis. MSA has a median survival of just se...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Epigenetics may be cancer’s operating system. K36 is targeting a key enzyme that lets multiple myeloma cells grow, adapt, and resist treatment—aiming to re-sensitize tumors to existing drugs. A shift from chasing mutations to rewriting how cancer reads DNA. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/stopping-s...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Rare disease diagnosis is at a turning point. Long-read HiFi sequencing is boosting diagnostic yield by 10–15% by capturing structural variants, epigenetics, and regulatory signals—making the case for first-line use. @PacBio CEO Christian Henry explains. globalgenes.org/raredaily/lo...
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Long Reads, Shorter Journeys
PacBio CEO Christian Henry discusses the company’s long-read HiFi whole-genome sequencing, how it is reshaping the rare disease diagnostic journey, and the growing acceptance of the technology among p...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Most antibodies act as antagonists—but biology isn’t that simple. Metaphore’s function-first platform uses live-cell data + ML to design antibodies that agonize, bias, or multi-target pathways. CEO Angela Hwang explains: thebioreport.podbean.com/e/rewriting-...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
FARA CEO Jen Farmer and Solid Biosciences CMO Gabriel Brooks explore the lived reality of Friedreich’s ataxia, the promise of next-generation gene therapy, and how true patient industry partnerships can shape trial design and development. @globalgenes.bsky.social globalgenes.org/raredaily/th...
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The Critical Role of Patient Community-Industry Partnership in Advancing a Gene Therapy
Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance CEO Jennifer Farmer and Solid Biosciences chief medical officer Gabriel Brooks discuss the lived reality of Friedreich’s ataxia, Solid Bioscience’s next-generatio...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Cells constantly sense and respond to stress—adapting, recovering, or dying. Soley uses AI to map these responses at scale, unlocking “undruggable” targets. Soley's Yerem Yeghiazarians discusses their platform, pipeline, and first-in-class candidates. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/mapping-ce...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Kasey Walsh of Winsights discusses her daughter's ultra-rare genetic disorder diagnostic journey, critical gaps in how the patient experience informs drug development, and the Winsights data platform empowers rare disease communities to drive research priorities. globalgenes.org/raredaily/ca...
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Capturing the Lived Experience of Rare Disease
Kasey Walsh, founder and CEO of Winsights, discusses her daughter's diagnostic journey, the critical gaps in how patient experience informs drug development, and how Winsights empowers rare disease co...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Eric Elenko, president and co founder of PureTech, discusses the company’s disciplined approach to rescuing promising but discontinued therapeutics, its hub and spoke structure, and how this model can turn partially derisked assets into commercial successes. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/turning-ab...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Trialport's Keith Berelowitz discusses his vision for a future where clinical trials are discussed alongside standard of care as a routine option, the gap between clinical trial availability and patient awareness, and how the Trialport platform informs patients. globalgenes.org/raredaily/ra...
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Raising Awareness of Clinical Trials
Keith Berelowitz, founder and CEO of Trialport, discusses his vision for a future where clinical trials are discussed alongside standard of care as a routine healthcare option, the gap between clinica...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Most cancer therapies hit 1 or 2 pathways, giving tumors a chance to adapt. Nuago CEO Robert Schickel discusses how his company is developing short RNAs to silence multiple survival genes at once—aiming for more durable tumor killing with less toxicity. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/targeting-...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
John Wollman of Komodo Health discusses how the company and GeneDx are leveraging longitudinal patient data with genomic and phenotypic data to shorten rare disease diagnostic odysseys, accelerate natural hist studies, and enable better clinical decisions. globalgenes.org/raredaily/us...
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Using AI and Longitudinal Data to Transform Rare Disease Care
Matching phenotype to genotype at scale could transform how rare diseases are found, understood, and treated. Komodo […]
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Crystalis CEO James Mackay discusses gout, why therapies often fail to get uric acid to target levels, and how the company’s next generation URAT1 inhibitor may fill the treatment gap and change daily life for patients living with moderate to severe gout. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/addressing...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Bayer CDIO Bijoy Sagar discusses why AI must be treated as a tool to solve defined business problems, why prompt engineering is an ongoing process rather than a one-shot querry, and how expert teams are empowered to experiment and build AI solutions . www.youtube.com/watch?v=5922...
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Building an Outcomes First AI Strategy
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Genome sequencing is moving from last resort to frontline in rare disease care. Akash Kumar of Myome explains what it means for treatment decisions, trial access, and the emotional burden on families searching for a diagnosis. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/cu...
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Cutting through the Diagnostic Maze for Rare Diseases
Akash Kumar, co founder and chief medical officer of Myome, discusses where genome sequencing now fits into care pathways, how it captures hard to detect variant types; and what it means for treatment...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
When inflammation spirals out of control, traditional drugs often don’t work. Mesoblast’s Ryoncil—the first MSC therapy in the US—targets GVHD in children. CEO Silviu Itescu discusses how MSCs can calm cytokine storms and what’s next for the platform. 🎧 thebioreport.podbean.com/e/an-off-the...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Nicole Johnson and Nasha Fitter, co-founders of the FOXG1 Research Foundation, turned a parent-driven effort into a virtual biotech advancing a gene therapy into the clinic. A must-read for rare disease communities. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/ho...
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How Parents Took Development of a Gene Therapy into Their Own Hands
Nicole Johnson and Nasha Fitter, co-founders of the FOXG1 Research Foundation, discuss how a parent-driven foundation became a virtual biotech capable of advancing a gene therapy into human clinical t...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Most MS drugs control relapses—but don’t stop the neurodegeneration driving long-term disability. Daniel Vitt, CEO of Immunic, discusses how his company’s experimental once-daily oral therapy targets both inflammation and neuronal damage. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/slowing-di...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Jim Foote, First Ascent Biomedical CEO, explains how combining genomics, functional assays, and AI could transform rare pediatric cancer care—improving outcomes, reducing lifelong toxicities, and optimizing use of existing drugs. @globalgenes.bsky.social #RARECast globalgenes.org/raredaily/ma...
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Matching the Right Therapy to the Right Child with a Rare Cancer
Jim Foote, CEO of First Ascent biomedical, discusses how combining genomics, functional assays, and AI offers a realistic path to better outcomes, fewer lifelong toxicities, and more rational use of e...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Marc de Garidel, of Abivax, discusses how a once-failed HIV drug evolved into a late stage oral IBD therapy that may deliver durable remission, how it acts upstream of key inflammatory pathways, and its potential in a crowded but underserved IBD market. thebioreport.podbean.com/e/tuning-rat...
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Daniel S. Levine @dslevine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Pablo Sardi Sanofi discusses the potential of the oral BTK inhibitor rilzabrutinib to treat multiple rare autoimmune conditions, and how this strategy could shift the field from treating symptoms to targeting root causes of these conditions. @globalgenes.bsky.social globalgenes.org/raredaily/fr...
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From Treating Symptoms to Addressing Causes in Rare Autoimmune Diseases
Sanofi is exploring similarities in rare autoimmune conditions that may allow it to treat a number of different disorders with a single therapy. Pablo Sardi, head of rare disease research at Sanofi, discusses the company’s oral BTK inhibitor rilzabrutinib, the challenges of testing one drug in different rare diseases, and how this kind of approach might push doctors to focus less on symptoms and more on the root causes of a rare disease.
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