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  $1M Grant Awarded to Gene Editing Institute for Sickle Cell ResearchScientists at ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute received a $1 million grant from the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation to develop a novel gene therapy for inherited blood disorders including sickle cell disease, offering hope to nearly 100,000 Americans suffering from the disease who are disproportionately African American. Building on previous work that showed how gene editing efficiencies […] The post $1M Grant Awarded to Gene Editing Institute for Sickle Cell Research appeared first on ChristianaCare News.

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  ChristianaCare Joins National ‘Every Mask Up’ CampaignWear. Care. Share with #MaskUp. ChristianaCare and approximately 100 of the nation’s largest and best-known hospital groups have joined together in the national campaign Every Mask Up, urging Americans to wear masks to protect everyone from COVID-19. The campaign, which began this week, aims to counter public resistance to mask-wearing. These health organizations, representing thousands […] The post ChristianaCare Joins National ‘Every Mask Up’ Campaign appeared first on ChristianaCare News.

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  ChristianaCare Advises Consumers to Be Alert for ScamsThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently issued an emergency advisory about an elevated threat of cybersecurity attacks targeting hospitals and health care systems in the U.S. These threats can come by phone calls, text messages or emails. ChristianaCare advises that everyone be alert to potential phone, email and text-messaging scams. If you receive a […] The post ChristianaCare Advises Consumers to Be Alert for Scams appeared first on ChristianaCare News.

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• ChristianaCare receives $10.56 million grant for cancer research
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