Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD

Money Moves

Supported Proposition 38

California voters approved $8.4 billion in state bonds for immunology research, the largest sum ever authorized for science by a US public vote. About half of the money is reserved for a single research institute, and only one four-year-old center at UCLA appears to qualify.

Updated Yesterday

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As of October 2026: Framing LUT014's expansion across MAPK-pathway inhibitors

Colorectal cancer patients on EGFR inhibitors often develop painful, cherry-red acneiform rashes. A third of them cut back or pause their cancer therapy because of it. Lutris Pharma's experimental gel reduced that non-adherence rate to 10.3%, down from 28.2% with placebo, in a 118-patient Phase 2 trial.

Updated Oct 1