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Massachusetts Eye and Ear is an international center for treatment and research and a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
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.
@JonathanRKnight
and
@Jordan
Knight of NKOTB take a breather between songs at
#SenseAtion
Gala.
#NKOTBSupportsMEEI
http://t.co/HSobbB7QBy
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Sincere thanks to
@NKOTB
@JoeyMcIntyre
@JordanKnight
@DannyWood
@JonathanRKnight
for making more
#BoldScience
#LifeChangingCures
possible.
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Rhys &
@joeymcintyre
share their story... Could we be seeing the next generation of NKOTB?
#MEEGala
#HearSeeHope
#Senseation
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Joey's back! We can't wait to see our host at the Sense-ation! gala on Oct 17th.
#FridayFeeling
@joeymcintyre
@NKOTB
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Our therapy dog Max visits our patients each week, but recently he treated staff members of
@MassEyeAndEar
to pets, belly rubs, and boops. Thanks for all you do Max, and happy
#NationalDogDay
! Cc:
@Darth
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Warming up for her performance at tonight's gala,
@KTTunstall
visited our pediatric patients this morning. She made a fan of Julianne!
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We're delighted to welcome back our sense-ational hosts
@joeymcintyre
and
@BillyCosta
on October 24! Join us for our Sense-ation! Gala at the Omni Boston Hotel in the Seaport. Learn more:
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.
@JoeyMcIntyre
of
#NKOTB
talks about how Mass. Eye and Ear has helped his son to hear his dad sing . . .
http://t.co/GkMF0goWbO
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@BB_HulkSmash
was back on the practice field two weeks after undergoing complex cancer surgery at Mass Eye and Ear. He recently shared his story and how his experience has resonated with others battling cancer.
Photo courtesy:
@Patriots
/David Silverman.
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.
@JoeyMcIntyre
thanks guests for supporting our
#BoldScience
and
#LifeChangingCures
as
@DannyWood
looks on.
#NKOTB
http://t.co/SXcHAcLbtn
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We are thrilled to congratulate our new Chief of Radiology, Dr. Mary Beth Cunnane. Dr. Cunnane helped start the ultrasound service
@MassEyeAndEar
and recently a radiofrequency ablation clinic with the Thyroid Division.
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History was made
@MassEyeAndEar
this morning, when the first
@US_FDA
-approved gene therapy procedure for inherited disease was performed on a young patient.
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#NKOTB
's
@JoeyMcIntyre
(center) belts out a solo at SenseAtion Gala
#NKOTBSupportsMEEI
http://t.co/WfLiQFjV66
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What a wonderful tribute to an incredible champion of
@MassEyeAndEar
, former Board Chairman, Wyc Grousbeck, CEO and Lead Owner
@Celtics
. Thank you for all you do!
#SenseationGala
#BeBoldFinale
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The 11th Annual Sense-ation! Gala and Campaign Finale Celebration is officially underway! Great to re-live the
@NKOTB
Sense-ational performance of “The Right Stuff” to kick off our show.
#SenseationGala
#BeBoldFinale
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.
@JordanKnight
and
@JoeyMcIntyre
of
#NKOTB
rock the
#SenseAtion
Gala, Step by Step . . .
#NKOTBSupportsMEEI
http://t.co/v92faO5FBb
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Auctioned: a cruise with
@joeymcintyre
&
@BillyCosta
, catered by Paul Wahlberg of
@Alma_Nove
&
@Wahlburgers
-- such a deal!!
#MEEGala
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#SenseAtion
Gala Honorary Chair
@JoeyMcIntyre
& family visited patient Gabe (right) today.
#NKOTBSupportsMEEI
http://t.co/ncrTRchyCm
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.
@joeymcintyre
kicking us off with "Ain't no mountain high enough." Let's celebrate the senses!
#SenseAtion
#HearSeeHope
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Congrats to our dear friend
@joeymcintyre
on his great new song, "Own This Town," which is out today. We look forward to seeing you next week at our Sense-ation! Gala!
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Joey’s back! We can’t wait to see our Founding Honorary Chair of the Sense-ation! Gala and his family in just 3 days!
@joeymcintyre
@NKOTB
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We’re thrilled to have
@joeymcintyre
of
@NKOTB
back at the
#MEEGala2018
! Joey’s son Rhys can now hear thanks to the work that takes place
@MassEyeAndEar
every day.
#SenseAtion
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#NKOTB
brings "Right Stuff" to
#SenseAtion
Gala.
#NKOTBSupportsMEEI
Via
@BostonHerald
http://t.co/3WAfsHb5pY
http://t.co/tTx7AyCVx2
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Dr. Deborah Pavan Langston paved the way as Harvard Medical School's first female eye resident. In honor of
#InternationalWomensDay
as well as
#WomensHistoryMonth
we recognize the progress made for women everywhere thanks to trailblazers like Dr. Langston.
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Researchers were able to prevent and rescue hearing loss in a new study that identifies a key role of Norrie Disease Protein in hearing loss.
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You are the best
@joeymcintyre
! Going to be a great night for
@MassEyeAndEar
#SenseAtion
#HearSeeHope
Tonight!
@MassEyeandEar
#Sensation
Gala, auctioning 2
#GoldenTickets
- get u into any
#NKOTB
show FOREVER! Oh yeah... &
#backstagepasses
👍👍
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Thank you
@GamersOutreach
for our new GO Kart gaming system! Gamer’s Outreach GO Karts are portable video game kiosks built specifically for the medical environment. Our friend Ethan had a blast testing out our new GO Kart for the pediatric patients
@MassEyeAndEar
!
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Doctors are increasingly seeing cases of parosmia — a condition that makes normal scents smell foul — in people getting back their senses after long cases of
#COVID19
. Dr. Eric Holbrook explains why this can be a good thing.
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#FlashbackFriday
2010—we were just getting started! TY
@joeymcintyre
for always being there; see you on Oct 6!
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.
@joeymcintyre
shares his son's story. So grateful to be part of the Mass. Eye and Ear family.
#curingkidsfund
http://t.co/YhL0Tkytnx
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Now on stage are
@BillyCosta
and
@joeymcintyre
-- now that's an all-star team!!
#Senseation
#MEEGala
#HearSeeHope
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Whether you are a wizard or a muggle, we’re happy to share this beautiful ten tome braille edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by our friends at
@Perkins_Library
! Are you re-reading this wonderful story for the
#ReadABookADayChallenge
?
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Thank you to our friends at Boloco for the delicious burritos today! Our staff is very grateful for our neighbors who have made this Monday a little brighter. Thanks again,
@Boloco
!
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.
@MassEyeAndEar
surgeons take on the
@NewYorker
challenge! We are very proud.
#NYerORCoverChallenge
#ILookLikeASurgeon
#ENT
#Ophthalmology
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Our pediatric patients enjoyed a fun sing-a-long of
#holiday
favorites with
@theclaycook
of
@zacbrownband
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We are so honored to have the legendary
@runMeb
join us for
@TeamEyeandEar
#BostonMarathon
dinner on Saturday night!
#BeBoston
2014 champ
@runMeb
calls prepping for his final
#BostonMarathon
touching, emotional. spons
@JohnHancockUSA
#BeBoston
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Video:
@NKOTB
talk about brotherhood & why they jumped at the chance to help
@JoeyMcintyre
at Mass. Eye & Ear gala.
http://bit.ly/9Og4gX
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Researchers from
@MassEyeAndEar
@HarvardMed
@BroadInstitute
have been awarded $2 million from
@ChanZuckerberg
to build a cell atlas of the human eye from birth to old age. Read more in our blog post.
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We are thrilled to welcome back longtime friends and supporters
@joeymcintyre
and
@BillyCosta
this year for our 11th Annual Sense-ation! Gala on October 28! Stay tuned for more details on this special online event. To learn more, please visit .
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#NKOTB
returns from cruise to rock
#SenseAtion
Gala. Via
@BostonGlobe
http://t.co/bjknVQF5sB
http://t.co/dA1GUrIGti
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Hakuna Matata! Today we welcomed cast members from Disney's
@TheLionKing
on Broadway In Boston to
@MassEyeAndEar
's pediatric unit.
@JoeyMcIntyre
from
@NKOTB
also joined in for the special visit. The kids had a blast!
#ThankYou
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Thanks to our friends
@joeymcintyre
and
@Billycosta
for hosting a
#sense
-ational cruise to help support
@MassEyeandEar
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Congratulations to
@markshrime
, who received the Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from
@AAOHNS
! Dr. Shrime's service and research efforts have made a tremendous impact on global health. Learn more:
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Join us tomorrow night at 7 pm for our online show, "Medical Mysteries, Sense-ational Results!"
@JoeyMcIntyre
of
@nkotb
is back to lead us through the program and will be joined by a few sense-ational patients and friends.
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Apple recently patented the use of
#VR
in self-driving cars. Could it actually help with motion sickness?
@MassEyeAndEar
balance specialist Dr. Steven Rauch weighs in for
@PopSci
.
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John Fernandez thanks
@joeymcintyre
for all he does to help kids at the top of the 2nd half of the gala.
http://t.co/3sWUykZRuZ
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Dr. Leo Kim made a startling revelation early in the pandemic: Some of the disease processes he studies in the eye were being found in lungs of COVID-19 patients. Following a new study, his team hopes they may be onto a game-changing treatment.
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New research at
@MassEyeAndEar
suggests that sound deprivation can lead to speech recognition difficulties consistent with hidden hearing loss. Read more: .
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We can’t wait to see our friend and founding honorary chair
@joeymcintyre
of
@nkotb
at Sense-ation! Gala next Tuesday!
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It's
#NationalDogDay
! We always love seeing pictures of
@MassEyeAndEar
service dogs Max and Dolly, and furry friends like Winston and Cooper. Share a picture of your pup in the comments section!
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The
#CRISPR
gene editing tool has been used in a person's body for the first time during a surgery that took place in the eye of a patient with retinal blindness. The trial is led by
@MassEyeAndEar
Dr. Eric Pierce, who spoke with
@AP
about the breakthrough
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For the first time, a team of
@harvardmed
and
@MassEyeAndEar
scientists have reversed age-related
#visionloss
and
#glaucoma
damage in mice. They hope their promising findings, published in
@nature
, can soon lead to trials in humans.
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Happy and hardworking, today (and every day) we appreciate Max for all that he does. For
#LoveYourPetDay
, we’ll be sure to give Max an extra treat or two!
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Ophthalmologist Dr. Reza Dana and team have developed a new technology for corneal regeneration that could one day reduce the need for surgery to repair injuries to the
#cornea
. Learn more from
@harvardmed
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M. Charles Liberman, PhD has received the prestigious Scientific Grand Prize from France-based
@PourlAudition
for his seminal contributions to
#hearingloss
research and discovery of hidden hearing loss. Congratulations, Dr. Liberman!
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Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD, has been recognized with the 2022 Champalimaud Vision Award, the highest distinction in vision science. Dr. Dohlman, who turned 100 this week, invented the Boston KPro, the most widely used artificial cornea in the world.
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Thank you so much to everyone who supported our 13th Annual Sense-ation! Gala. It was a truly sense-ational evening, featuring inspiring patient stories, exciting advances in treatment and amazing entertainment.
#SenseAtion2022
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Researchers
@MassEyeAndEar
and
@BostonChildrens
have developed contact lenses that deliver drugs deep into the back of the eye’s
#retina
. Learn how this may one day be a game-changer for treatments: .
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Scientists
@MassEyeAndEar
@MassGeneralBrigham
are co-leading a new trial using
#CRISPR
gene editing to treat a form of retinal disease that leads to blindness.
@NPR
@robsteinnews
has more on the groundbreaking study.
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From our archives, here's Dr. Debbie Langston,
@harvardmed
's first female ophthalmology resident.
#TBT
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Scientists
@harvardmed
@MassEyeAndEar
have restored vision in elderly mice by turning back the clock on aged eye cells to recapture youthful gene function. This scientific breakthrough may lead to future treatments of age-related diseases.
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“I am so excited the time has come when we can offer this groundbreaking therapy to our patients, who are truly in need of our help.” -Dr. Comander on our historic morning
@MassEyeAndEar
. More details:
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We are honored to be recognized as
#1
by
@USNews
. Thanks for your continued support!
#BestHospitals
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Today is National
#DoctorsDay
. It's the perfect chance to honor a doctor for helping you or someone you love see, hear or speak more clearly. Please consider making a gift in honor of a physician
@MassEyeAndEar
who has made a life-changing difference.
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Last week, our beloved therapy dog, Max, visited
@MassEyeAndEar
staff to bring some holiday cheer. Thank you, Max!
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Thanks for the shout in this
@BostonGlobe
interview,
@joeymcintyre
! Excited to see you at the Sense-ation! Gala.
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Tonight's the night
@joeymcintyre
and
@BillyCosta
take the stage to host our annual Sense-ation Gala!
#SenseAtion2022
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.
@MassEyeAndEar
is proud to have made medical history by performing the first FDA-approved gene therapy administration for a patient with inherited disease. Meet the people behind this ground-breaking moment:
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@MassEyeAndEar
is a
@HarvardMed
teaching hospital, but do you know what that means? Focus sat down with Dr. Stacey Gray for an inside look at our ear, nose, and throat residency program:
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19% of fireworks-related injuries occur to the head, face & ears, while another 19% occur to the eyes. For a safe and happy
#FourthofJuly
holiday, take steps to prevent these common injuries.
#fireworks
#July4th
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All of the kids, including
@JoeyMcintyre
, helped us raise $1.1m for Curing Kids Fund. Sense-sational!
http://t.co/BVv1FULegO
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We are thrilled to announce we are collaborating with
@biogen
to develop a treatment for inherited retinal blindness due to mutations in the PRPF31 gene, one of the most common causes for retinitis pigmentosa.
@PHSInnovation
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Thank you to
@TheLionKing
cast and
@joeymcintyre
for your visit yesterday!
Cast members from
@TheLionKing
and
@NKOTB
singer
@joeymcintyre
share a photo at this 10th annual Sense-ation Gala event.
This phrase sounds familiar:
@MassEyeAndEar
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Gala host
@JoeyMcintyre
gets ready to rock the house at tonight's
#Sense
-sation! Gala to for
#CuringKidsFund
.
http://t.co/ZtNDTUKaXu
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On this
#WorldHealthDay
, we thank all our clinicians, researchers, staff and volunteers
@MassEyeAndEar
and across
@MassGenBrigham
for all that they do for our patients and families.
#WorldHealthDay2021
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A new study led by researchers in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories
@MassEyeAndEar
uncovers hair cell loss as the underlying cause of age-related
#hearingloss
. Read more:
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A huge thank you to the
@Patriots
and the Kraft family for supporting our Massachusetts health care heroes!
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Congratulations to Director of Laryngology Research Dr. Kristina Simonyan
@SimonyanLab
@MassEyeAndEar
on being awarded an $11.9M grant from
@NIDCD
to establish a new center to study neurological voice disorders w/
@MassGeneralNews
@UofUHealth
@UCSFMedicine
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Christmas came early to our pediatric patients! Thanks to
@theclaycook
of
@zacbrownband
for hosting a fun sing-a-long of
#holiday
songs
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2
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Congratulations to
@MassEyeAndEar
#cornea
specialists Drs. Reza Dana and Roberto Pineda on being recognized as 2021 Top Doctors by
@BostonMagazine
! Learn about the services they offer: .
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Dr. Eric Pierce
@MassEyeAndEar
@HMSeye
explains at
#WMIF2021
why the first FDA-approved gene therapy for inherited disease was for an inherited retinal degeneration, and what lessons have been learned from the success of that treatment.
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A new study from
#glaucoma
researcher Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD
@HMSeye
, and
@BostonChildrens
and
@Flinders
scientists, reveals a groundbreaking discovery of a new gene that leads to childhood glaucoma.
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Jack and
@JasonComander
are all smiles! In March, Jack became the first person to receive an FDA-approved gene therapy for a form of inherited blindness. Yesterday, tests showed that he can now see better in the dark, he can read smaller print and his visual acuity has improved.
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Congratulations, Dr. Rochelle Walensky!
Yesterday, President-elect
@JoeBiden
formally introduced
@mgh_id
’s Dr.
@RWalensky
as the new director of
@CDCgov
Congratulations again, Dr. Walensky!
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.
@joeymcintyre
& Barrett & the entire family helped make our
#sense
-ation event an evening to remember!
http://t.co/C23bLwSa
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“I no longer see the girl who was attacked, but instead, a confident, empowered and happy woman smiling back at me.” Don't miss our new blog post from
@MassEyeAndEar
patient
@MelissaDohme
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In a major milestone, the first U.S. patient was injected with
#CRISPR
gene editing. Dr. Eric Pierce, director of Inherited Retinal Disorders
@MassEyeAndEar
is leading the study. He spoke with
@NPR
@RobSteinnews
about the groundbreaking trial:
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Dancing into the weekend with just over 4 WEEKS to the Sense-ation gala! See you Oct 17,
@joeymcintyre
!
@NKOTB
#FridayFeeling
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.
@MassEyeAndEar
and
@MassGeneralNews
Team Up In ‘Urgent’ Race To Create Coronavirus Vaccine. Learn more about the unique new program called AAVCOVID, and what makes it different from other approaches, from
@wbz
.
#covid19
#vaccine
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