Marisa Wexler MS,  —

Marisa holds an MS in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. She specializes in cancer biology, immunology, and genetics. Marisa began working with BioNews in 2018, and has written about science and health for SelfHacked and the Genetics Society of America. She also writes/composes musicals and coaches the University of Pittsburgh fencing club.

Articles by Marisa Wexler

Computer Simulation Identifies Treatments More Likely to Correct GBA Transport in Gaucher Patients, Study Says

A computer simulation — examining how some therapies interact with the two most common β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutated forms in Gaucher disease — identified NN-DNJ and ambroxol as the most active treatments for correcting the 3D structure of the GBA protein, and helping it reach its correct location, a study has found.