The FDA approved the first two gene therapies, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, to treat sickle cell disease. These one-time treatments come with a hefty price tag.
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their critical discoveries enabling mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Their groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines used worldwide.
The Royal College of Nursing has published a new definition of nursing that emphasizes the safety-critical, complex role of nurses as decision makers and problem solvers.