Sophia Barry Gordon

Science Writing & Communications Program Coordinator II

United States

Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute

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A surprising suspect behind concussion trouble: Your own immune system

Medical University of South Carolina scientists have uncovered a link between the innate immune system and cognitive problems after repeated concussions. Their study, published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, shows that repeated concussions activate the complement system in ways that can worsen brain damage.

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SCTR Retreat Spring 2026 | MUSC

MUSC’s SCTR Institute will host a scientific retreat on March 6, 2026, on the subject of cellular and gene therapy.

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Reprogramming immunity to rewrite the story of Type 1 diabetes

A research team led by a researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina and partnering institutions has been awarded $1 million from Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization, to develop a revolutionary therapy for type 1 diabetes.

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The future is decentralized: Expanding clinical trials from home

A set of three new tools out of the Medical University of South Carolina, introduced in recent articles in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, seeks to improve the rigor of decentralized clinical trials. CheatBlocker helps to address enrollment fraud; QuotaConfig aims to counter bias in clinical trials and MyTrials facilitates remote biomarker data collection throughout the trial.

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08/15/2025
Teaching the immune system a new trick could one day level the organ transplant playing field

Transplanted organs are more likely to be rejected by the immune system when there is a mismatch between donor and recipient human leukocyte antigens (HLA). A MedicResearchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have engineered a new type of genetically modified immune cell that could help organ transplant patients who are prone to rejection.