Robert Lufkin MD
@robertlufkinmd
The FDA just approved a longevity drug -- and almost nobody noticed. Anktiva (an IL-15 superagonist) was greenlit for bladder cancer. But the scientist behind it, Patrick Soon-Shiong, calls it the most important longevity drug of the decade. (1/5)
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Natália Bonavides: "𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙨 𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙪, 𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨? 𝙊 𝙛𝙞𝙢 𝙙𝙖 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝟲𝙓𝟭 é 𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙚 𝙣ã𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙖𝙤𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙧õ𝙚𝙨!"
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