Jason Mast
Covering science, medicine & business for STAT
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- CRISPR is used in landmark treatment to correct genetic misspelling of a single patient www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...
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- From pandemic preparedness to precious frozen spit, NIH contract terminations cut deep www.statnews.com/2025/05/09/t...
- Reposted by Jason MastThe National Cancer Institute is starting to feel the Trump administration's budget ax — impact hitting hotline for patients, cancer.gov website, scientific advisory panels. Important story from @angusrohan.bsky.social and @jasonmast.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
- Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
- Reposted by Jason MastPeople who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
- Snake enthusiast survived hundreds of bites. Now his blood is aiding the search for a universal antivenom www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/d... via @statnews.com
- Reposted by Jason Mast“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.” www.science.org/content/arti...
- I'd start by reading about Brooke Kajdy, a 24-year-old with aggressive lymphoma, desperately waiting -- and waiting and waiting -- on a trial for a cutting edge treatment regimen to start
- Over 100 days, the Trump Administration has thrown the American science and medical system into chaos. STAT examined the impact those cuts and shifts have had on five lives, including a cancer patient, a young postdoc, and a university administrator www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...
- Over 100 days, the Trump Administration has thrown the American science and medical system into chaos. STAT examined the impact those cuts and shifts have had on five lives, including a cancer patient, a young postdoc, and a university administrator www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...
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- Former Trump official warns president he’s at risk of ruining his legacy on ending HIV www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/t... via @statnews.com
- In Ireland, a global hub for the pharma industry, Trump tariffs are a source of deep worry www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/i...
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- At Harvard, scientists worry over the consequences of resisting the Trump administration: $2.2B in grants frozen www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/h...
- Verve gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study It's a big break for the company and the CRISPR field, after the first treatment was shelved for safety www.statnews.com/2025/04/14/v...
- At NIH, scientists are bartering over lab supplies. In FDA, staff fear drug reviews and inspections will fall behind. CDC groups focused on alcohol, tobacco and HIV are gone. 3 months into the Trump Admin, are America's health agencies in crisis? www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h...
- Hi, I write about science for STAT. We've been closely tracking the Trump Administration's cuts. And right now, we're speaking to folks whose graduate school/postdoc offers have been rescinded, to get a sense of the toll. If anyone has interest, I'm reachable by DM or by Signal at JasonMast.05
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- Reposted by Jason MastColossal didn't make a dire wolf. This is not a dire wolf! Stop saying it is!! I feel like I'm going mad!!!
- HIV prevention was making great strides. Then Trump’s budget axe fell www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/h...
- Reposted by Jason Mast🚨News: I’ve joined @statnews as a Washington correspondent It’s a great time to send tips and say hello: Email: daniel.payne [at] statnews [dot] com Signal: [at] danielp.100
- Hi, I write about science and medicine STAT News. I'm looking at the effects of cuts and firings at HHS, particularly on HIV. If you've been affected, or know about impacts we should give more attention to, would love to hear from you. I'm at .Mast@statnews.com or on Signal at JasonMast.05
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- Reposted by Jason MastCollecting my thoughts at the end of one of the worst days of my life... At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff. Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan 1/n
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- FDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequences www.statnews.com/2025/03/30/f...
- It’s RFK Jr.’s FDA now www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/r...
- "I think it’s OK to say there actually aren’t that many legitimate medical uses for this. There are only rogue uses. And so all the guardrails we’re talking about should reflect that." www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/h...
- Are you affected by the HHS cuts and restructuring? We'd love to hear from you www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/h...
- 23andMe files for bankruptcy as CEO Anne Wojcicki resigns www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/2... via @statnews.com
- Reposted by Jason MastCRISPR companies have not fared well in recent years, despite high hopes for the technology. The problem might not be one of efficacy or science — but of how investors think about the technology, @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social tells @jasonmast.bsky.social at #STATBreakthrough.
- Patient who received Elevidys, Sarepta’s Duchenne gene therapy, dies www.statnews.com/2025/03/18/e... via @statnews.com
- The Trump Administration has promised to focus on chronic disease. Last week, it canceled funding for a landmark and long-running diabetes study via @elaineywchen.bsky.social statnews.com/2025/03/17/t...
- Reposted by Jason MastExclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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- In stunning move, White House pulls nomination of Dave Weldon as CDC director hours before hearing Sources said the administration had concerns about Weldon’s longtime vaccine criticism. www.statnews.com/2025/03/13/t...
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- Columbia scientists reel as Trump administration cancels grants, hitting broad suite of research www.statnews.com/2025/03/11/c...
- "Killing PEPFAR means killing millions" www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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- How will the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research change under RFK Jr.? www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/f...
- ‘Wrong,’ ‘misleading,’ and ‘reasonable’: How Jay Bhattacharya became, for some, the least bad option to run NIH www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/j...
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- . @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social with the blistering, clear take: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla inflicts injury on his company — and all of pharma by hiring just-departed top FDA official Cavazzoni www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p...
- A small study on Covid vaccine safety sparks an online tempest www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p... via @helenbranswell.bsky.social
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- HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’ www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/c...
- Reposted by Jason MastNEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
- Important story from @elaineywchen.bsky.social Some patients in trials for new obesity drugs are losing too much weight, as industry pushes for ever more powerful medicines www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/t...
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- Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...
- Reposted by Jason MastLooking to talk with federal employees with disabilities who were terminated this weekend, especially folks hired through Schedule A or disabled veterans. Please boost! #disability #journorequest
- FDAs top food official tells @matthewherper.bsky.social he resigned b/c Trump's firings will undercut RFK's MAHA agenda "I’m not sure if it’s a lack of understanding of how things get done or it’s that there’s really no seriousness about what they want to get done" www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f...
- Reposted by Jason MastYou absolutely must read this interview: FDA’s former top food official says Trump firings are ‘dismantling’ the division In candid interview, Jim Jones says moves will undercut RFK Jr.’s agenda www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f... via @matthewherper.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jason MastDuchenne gene therapy from Solid Biosciences $SLDB produces promising results in early study www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/s... via @jasonmast.bsky.social $RGRX $SRPT
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- ICYMI last week we published a detailed look into the meteoric boom and bust of the CRISPR industry A decade ago, the powerful gene editing tool promised to change medicine. And arguably, it delivered. Casgevy, a curative drug, for sickle cell is now available And yet:
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- Reposted by Jason Mast lmao sorry this is so fucked up??? I was using they/them pronouns when I started at the NYT in 2021 and when I left in 2022.
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- DeepSeek signals China’s rising influence in AI — and AI drug development www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/c...
- World's first xenotransplantation trial — transplant of gene-edited pig organs into humans — set to begin www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/u...
- Nobel laureates call on National Academies and biotech CEOs to speak out against Trump attacks on science www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t... via @mmolteni.bsky.social
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- CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
- National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t... via @statnews.com
- Universities fear Trump is using lucrative research grants as leverage to dismantle their DEI programs www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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- RFK warned followers about about dangers of CRISPR gene editing, but invested in CRISPR Therapeutics www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...
- Cancer therapy’s new ‘gold rush’: bispecific antibodies that hit key combination of targets www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/c...
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- Want to start a fight among virus experts? Ask about HIV’s new name www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/v...
- Jennifer Doudna-founded Scribe Therapeutics becomes latest CRISPR company to announce layoffs www.statnews.com/2025/01/08/s...
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- Google’s secretive anti-aging company Calico finally released data. Its drug failed www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/c...
