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Reframe Daily: One-Shot Gene Fix, Spa-Goggles, and a 4-Hour TB Test—5 Breakthroughs You’ll Want to Know
In 2 minutes, catch the one-time treatment helping kids with muscular dystrophy stay strong, comfy goggles that melt dry-eye misery, a painless blood test that could replace marrow biopsies, a pill combo shrinking tough ovarian tumors, and a credit-card chip that spots TB before lunch.
Christin Chong, PhD
June 27, 2025
Reframe Daily is where Christin Chong (neuroscience PhD, chaplain, healthtech strategy consultant) curates optimistic and credible healthtech news so you don’t have to.
Today in one sentence: A one-time mini-dystrophin gene shot helped boys with muscular dystrophy keep walking strong; gentle eye-therapy goggles soothed dry-eye irritation; a simple blood test map may spot bone-marrow trouble early without painful biopsies; a two-medicine pill shrank stubborn ovarian tumors for many months; and a credit-card-sized chip found tuberculosis from a finger-prick in just four hours.
New-ish! Real non-AI Christin reading the news to you in the video below (if you click “read online” in the top right it still goes to the AI version 😅)
Now also available on tiktok @christinisok!
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CORRECTION: Yesterday I accidentally included an outdated news about a dengue fever drug. Apologies!
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Good news: One IV dose of a “mini-dystrophin” gene helped boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy make the missing muscle-protecting protein and keep their walking strength for a full year—showing a one-time treatment could slow this tough disease.
Market readiness: 😊😊 (early phase 1b safety study—needs bigger trials and FDA review)
Good news: Four short, gentle “goggle” sessions that send tiny electrical waves through the eyelids calmed inflammation and got oil glands working again, easing scratchy dry-eye symptoms without drops or drugs.
Market readiness: 😊😊😊 (small sham-controlled trial shows benefit; device exists but needs larger studies and U.S. clearance)
Good news: Scientists built a “map” of healthy blood-forming stem cells that lets doctors flag early trouble using a simple blood draw—potentially replacing painful bone-marrow biopsies and catching problems sooner.
Market readiness: 😊😊😊 (validated in 148 people; now in multi-center diagnostic trials)
Good news: A pill combo (avutometinib + defactinib) shrank stubborn low-grade ovarian tumors in 42 % of patients and kept cancer in check for a median 20 months—even after other treatments failed.
Market readiness: 😊😊 (first-in-human phase 1; needs larger phase 2/3 studies before FDA review)
Good news: A credit-card-sized, self-powered chip spots tuberculosis from a finger-prick of blood in just four hours—much faster than current lab tests—so people can start treatment sooner and stop the spread.
Market readiness: 😊😊 (working prototype proved accurate; needs manufacturing scale-up and regulatory studies)
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