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Author, Keynote speaker, Co-Founder Emily Whitehead Foundation, Lead Lineman at Penelec

Emily and I are headed to san Diego next! #ActivateTheCure #Survivor #CancerImmunotherapy

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To celebrate #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay, DIA honors those who have triumphed over cancer, including Emily Whitehead (Emily Whitehead Foundation). Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic #leukemia (ALL) at just 5 years old, Emily faced overwhelming odds when standard treatments failed to cure her disease. After bravely enrolling in a #clinicaltrial, Emily went on to become the first pediatric patient in the world to receive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) #Tcell therapy and has been cancer-free for more than a decade. Emily’s powerful story is one of the reasons why we’ve chosen her and her father, Tom Whitehead, to serve as keynote speakers at #DIA2024 later this month and share their journey with T-cell therapy. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gZry6Nkq

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Darshan Kulkarni

Linkedin Top Voice| Life Science Lawyer | Board Member | Entrepreneur | Educator, Author, and Speaker

3mo

Its going to be a great talk!!

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Swethajit Biswas

Chief Medical Officer at CDR-Life (Oncology Immunotherapy)

3mo

An incredible inspiration to all drug developers Hats off to Carl June, Stephan Grupp & U Penn team for developing CARs & the decision to treat with Tociluzumab at the right time

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Robert Schnepp

Senior Medical Leader, Oncology, Early Development at Johnson and Johnson

3mo

Fantastic does not begin to describe this. 

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J. Michael Graglia

SYNGAP1 | Rare Disease Advocate | Founder & CEO @cureSYNGAP1

3mo

Heading to BIO!

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Stephen Botelho

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3mo

fantastic!

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