๐Always in my all time top five. Incredible versatility and style throughout his career along with a heaping scoop of gnarliness. RIP to an inspiration ๐น
What you do in this life ripples through other people's existence in a way you'll never truly appreciate, or even be aware of.
Marc Johnson's skateboarding, attitude, even music taste influenced me deeply as a young socal skate kid and it's sad to lose him
RIP Marc Johnson
Five cancers that used to be death sentences. Pancreatic. Glioblastoma. Triple-negative breast. Renal. Melanoma. The median survival for metastatic pancreatic cancer is still 6 months. Glioblastoma, 15 months.
Now personalized mRNA vaccines are producing complete remissions in some of these patients. Not responses. Remissions.
BioNTechโs pancreatic cancer vaccine has 6-year follow-up data. 8 of 16 patients who mounted an immune response are still alive. For a cancer that kills 95% of patients within 5 years, that's incredible.
Topolโs pyramid here maps the trajectory. From broad checkpoint inhibitors at the base to personalized neoantigen vaccines at the peak. The technology is climbing.
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 https://t.co/6AGmFrB7x4