[Video] A Doctor Works to Cure His Disease and Help Others

I’m thrilled to share that my paper on Cytokine Storms with Carl June, MD, was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine! A “cytokine storm” is an immune response that spirals out of control and occurs with Castleman disease, CART, severe COVID19, and other conditions. We developed the first unifying definition of a…

It has been amazing to see all of the incredible press and media attention for Chasing My Cure! Check out the various stories below: Chasing My Cure in the press: Good Morning America, August 26, 2019 Philadelphia Magazine, August 28, 2019 Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2019 Next Big Idea Club—Top 6 Nonfiction Books of Fall…

As I was driving down to North Carolina to visit my family at the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic, I found myself hoping and praying that COVID-19 would not have the kind of impact that was being projected. This wasn’t the first time I hoped and prayed for something that felt so out of…

I’m so proud of my team at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Study & Treatment of Lymphadenopathies & Cytokine Storms. Today, five years worth of research into mechanisms involved in the idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) cytokine storm, which has major implications for other cytokine storms like COVID19, were published in two high-impact journals….

You’ve probably seen the term “cytokine storm” in the news a lot recently. That’s because COVID19 is able to unleash a cytokine storm in the most sick cases. As someone who has survived 5 deadly COVID19-like cytokine storms due to idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and who studies cytokine storms in my lab, I thought I’d…

When fighting a war, information really matters. You need to know what weapons have been tried and which ones have been most (and least) effective. This information helps soldiers to adjust their strategy. The same holds true when fighting a global war against a disease like COVID19 (or Castleman disease or any disease!). We need…