Over the months after a single treatment with the experimental gene-editing therapy NTLA-2002, nine of 10 people with hereditary…
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
Birth control pills can induce life-threatening swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), according to a case report.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals has finished enrollment in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing the ability of its experimental therapy donidalorsen…
An experimental gene-editing therapy for hereditary angioedema (HAE), called NTLA-2002, has been administered to the first participant in the…
A pregnant woman with type 3 hereditary angioedema (HAE) had potential swelling attacks effectively controlled during both pregnancy and…
A woman with colon cancer developed angioedema as a side effect of treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI),…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted regenerative medicine advanced therapy (RMAT) designation to NTLA-2002, an experimental gene-editing…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Intellia Therapeutics permission to open U.S. sites in its ongoing…
Astria Therapeutics has initiated a Phase 1b/2 trial called ALPHA-STAR to test STAR-0215, the company’s investigational therapy to prevent…
The first group of participants has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety and pharmacological properties…