By

Luke Timmerman

16
Oct
2024

Cured With CRISPR, Living Life

Jimi Olaghere was cured of sickle cell disease four years ago by a CRISPR cell therapy. Last month, he summitted Kilimanjaro. This is a testament to science at its best, and the human spirit. If you and your team are looking for inspiration, watch this 35-minute interview I conducted with Jimi at The Meeting on the Mesa. Thanks to the...
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15
Oct
2024

Designing Protein Drugs for Cancer & Autoimmunity: Chris Garcia on The Long Run

Today’s guest on The Long Run is K. Christopher Garcia. Chris is a professor of molecular and cellular physiology and structural biology at Stanford University and an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. To be a bit more specific, you can call him a structural immunologist – the kind of scientist who uses the vivid tools of structural biology...
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8
Oct
2024

Call for Entries: Join the Timmerman Traverse for Damon Runyon Cancer Research

Are you ready for a bucket list adventure? Join me and a team of biotech executives and investors on the Timmerman Traverse for Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. It’s a trek to Everest Base Camp (17,600 feet) in April 2025. Who’s on the Team? Luke Timmerman, founder & editor, Timmerman Report (team captain) Soufiane Aboulhouda, co-founder and CEO, Nucleate Tamar...
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17
Sep
2024

Sickle Cell Patient Cured With CRISPR Summits Kilimanjaro, Setting World Record

Four years after being functionally cured of sickle cell disease with a CRISPR gene-editing therapy, Jimi Olaghere has set a new world record for patients with this chronic and deadly disease. Olaghere, a 39-year-old business owner from Atlanta, became the world’s first patient with sickle cell disease to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro at 7:30 am Tanzania time on Sept....
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9
Sep
2024

The Enchantments Traverse: A Photo Gallery

The 4th annual Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares wrapped up last month, but I’m feeling a bit remiss for not telling the whole story. This year’s successful $1 million campaign came in two parts. First, there were a pair of back-to-back day hikes in the North Cascades with a team composed mostly of newcomers to the Life Science Cares...
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5
Sep
2024

Raising the Bar for Sickle Cell Patients: Ted Love and Alan Anderson on The Long Run

Today’s guests on The Long Run are Ted Love and Alan Anderson. Ted is the chairman of the board of directors at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. He’s perhaps best known for serving as CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics, the San Francisco Bay Area company that developed voxelotor (marketed as Oxbryta), a novel small molecule for sickle cell disease. The company...
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