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Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) represent a group of inherited connective tissue disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, tissue fragility, chronic pain and multisystem complications. Hypermobile EDS and related hypermobility spectrum disorders are considered to affect as many as one in 500 individuals, indicating a substantially higher prevalence than once recognized. Despite this growing awareness, delayed diagnosis, fragmented […]
Blood cancers encompass more than 100 distinct diseases, ranging from acute leukemias to chronic malignancies that require lifelong management. While survival has improved dramatically for many patients, progress has been uneven. Sustained scientific investment, access to clinical trials, affordability of care and cross-sector collaboration have become defining challenges for the field. One leader working at […]
The Emily Whitehead Foundation is moving toward direct patient and caregiver support while also engaging with structural payment and regulatory challenges George Eastwood has spent much of his career close to the science and manufacturing that make advanced therapies possible. Coming from the cell and gene therapy “tool space,” he worked in areas such as […]