Jason Mast

Articles by Jason Mast

FDA pauses Regenxbio gene therapy trial again due to safety concerns - STAT

Business August 25, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration has again paused trials for Regenxbios gene therapy for a rare childhood brain disorder, after small masses were found on the spines of five patients, the company saiοΏ½...

Ahead of hearing, FDA questions the efficacy of Capricor’s Duchenne drug - STAT

Business July 28, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that Capricor Therapeutics stem cell treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy did not meet the objectives of a Phase 3 trial contrary to the companys claοΏ½...

Scientists link boy’s tumor to gene therapy viruses, in rare finding - statnews.com

Health May 14, 2026

When 13-month-old Adams stem cell transplant failed, doctors had two options: a second transplant, which they warned carried a 10% to 15% risk of death, or a new and untested gene therapy. His parenοΏ½...

Replimune skin cancer drug that became FDA flashpoint is rejected again - statnews.com

Business April 11, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday rejected again an experimental treatment for advanced skin cancer developed by Replimune Group.Β  Replimunes treatment, an engineered virus designed to rev ...

Child’s sudden death unnerves a promising area of gene therapy research - statnews.com

Health December 16, 2025

Gene therapy researchers were converging on a holy grail. A few years ago, researchers at labs and companies reported they had engineered viruses that could ferry corrective genes deep into the brainοΏ½...

What Baby KJ means for the CRISPR gene editing industry - statnews.com

Health May 27, 2025

For the ailing gene editing industry, hope came earlier this month in the tiny, smiling, fuzzy-headed form of KJ Muldoon. At just 6 months old, KJ received a gene editing treatment custom-built to cοΏ½...