Dr. David J. Young, MD PhD
drdavidjyoung.bsky.social
Dr. David J. Young, MD PhD
@drdavidjyoung.bsky.social
Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist, NHLBI/NIH #MedSky #IBMFS #DBA #RUNX1 #FPD Comments are mine
Farewell #ASH24. It has been a real pleasure, a great source of information, and an amazing opportunity for collaborations.

I’ve enjoyed sharing my experiences, and I only regret I could not share even more of the amazing hematology with everyone.
December 10, 2024 at 10:39 PM
For those with lifelong bleeding, bruising, and/or low platelets but no diagnosis, the NHGRI RUNX1 Program can offer focused testing for those without the resources to get more comprehensive testing elsewhere at no cost. Enrollment in our study is also free of cost.
December 10, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Sadly, Dr. Bisi Lawal shows that minorities continue to struggle to receive attention at both the local and national level, and when they do, they are more likely to be the ones with more severe and/or advanced disease, or already progressed to malignancy. #ASH24 #HemeEquity
December 10, 2024 at 10:26 PM
At an #ASH24 that saw the wonderful blinatumomab results, it is frightening that pediatric AIHA can have mortality rates approaching 10%. We need better diagnostics, understanding and treatments.
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Dr. Rachael Grace of @bostonchildrens.bsky.social presents a comprehensive analysis of pedi AIHA. Half of patients will have one episode. For the it is a recurrent condition. With 70% untested, there is a need for more universal genetics to help stratify risks/treatment. #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 AM
How rare is “rare”?

Dr. M Mar Mañú Pereira (ERN EuroBloodNet / Vall d’Hebron) presents uRADAR data demonstrating that with transnational efforts we can better identify, study, and even treat vanishingly uncommon disorders, which may actually be more prevalent than we think #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 10, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Iron deficiency is a critical issue during pregnancy. Oral repletion is inefficient with side effects. Traditional IV is intensive. Mary Morgan (Sunnybrook/ UofToronto) provides compelling data for ferric derisomaltose total dose infusion to treat pregnancy related #IDA #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 9, 2024 at 11:51 PM
We think (rightly) of myeloid malignancy in IBMFS/CPS, but as Dr. Yael Kusne of @mayocliniccancer.bsky.social shows, DDX41 can be associated with lymphoid malignancies, too. Complicated by subsequent MN later in life. Great work characterizing the spectrum of DDX41 cancers. #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 9, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Dr. Neha Nagpal of @bostonchildrens.bsky.social presents a synthetic eTERC that interestingly leads to longer telomeres, reduced cellular senescence, and is effective across multiple #telomere mutations. #ASH24 @teamtelomere.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Although there is confounding, such as lead time, HCT for HRF has a better prognosis than after the development of malignancy. Importantly, younger patients do better. Work like this will help us to come to better-honed consensus guidelines for treating SDS and others. #ASH24
December 8, 2024 at 9:50 PM
In #SDS, the accumulation of TP53 clones over 3% VAF and other features (HRF) defines a high risk subgroup that may be more amenable to early intervention #ASH24
December 8, 2024 at 9:50 PM
When do you pull the trigger on transplant in IBMFS/CPS?

As Felicia Andresen of @bostonchildrens.bsky.social with the SDS Registry discusses, the ideal would be after the development of high risk features, when risk crosses a threshold, but before transformation #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 8, 2024 at 9:49 PM
This slide by Felicia Andersen of @bostonchildrens.bsky.social is so important, specifically the little red box.

ICC/WHO criteria are so important, but there are so many quirks to IBMFS/CPS monitoring. Work by registries and natural history studies is critical for defining these. #ASH24
December 8, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Why do I study rare diseases?

I love the patients and am fascinated by their disease.

But as noted by Dr. Matteo Della Porta, rare monogenic disorders can teach us about the biology and treatment of more common, multifactorial diseases. #ASH24 @ash-hematology.bsky.social #EHA
December 8, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Follow up of NHlBI Danazol for #TBD by Dr Nick Lee:

Danazol remains safe and effective. Most require life-long treatment for count support, but organ dysfunction and infection (esp pulmonary) continues. Absent other risks (e.g., immune AA), clonal expansion is not seen. #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Love is all around…and so are variants.

Dr. Lisa McReynolds: @ncicancer.bsky.social IBMFS/CPS genes may be as prevalent as about 0.2%, with high penetrance. Some of these are associated with higher and/or earlier rates of malignant transformation. We need management guidelines #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 8, 2024 at 8:32 PM
DBA may be one of the most polygenic disorders (don’t quote me), but a defining feature is which ribosomal subunit is affected. Plethora of data defining the importance of the specific subunit to HSPCs in DBA by Yuefeng Tang of @northwellhealth.bsky.social #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 7, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Gene therapy will come to DBA, but given its complex genetics, that time is still far off. However, work using alternative non-chemotherapeutic conditioning such as that by Leah Swartzrock of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social is making the current cure, HCT, safer for patients. #ASH24 #HemeSky
December 7, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Almost daily there is a new heritable BMF gene. ERCC6L2 is one of these new kids on the block. Sometimes it takes a bit to stress a stem cell, but when you do it right as Roman Schimmer has, TP53 (yes, that gene again) pops out as a (maladaptive) compensatory pathway.
#ASH24 #HemeSky
December 7, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Correlating specific variants with risk is the holy grail of IMBFS/CPS research, but findings can be so fleeting. We will succeed only with determination, careful subsetting, and examining large cohorts as occurs through collaboration as shown by Lili Kotmayer of St. Jude. #ASH2024 #HemeSky
December 7, 2024 at 2:05 AM
The Scientific Workshop on Germline Predisposition to Hematopoietic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Failure is always must-see cutting edge science in understanding the interface of marrow disease and malignancy

#ASH24 #HemeSky #BMFS
December 6, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Excited to be back in San Diego for #ASH24 Looking forward to science, discovery and innovation, but more importantly looking forward to reconnecting with so many friends, colleagues and future acquaintances.

#Heme #Science #SanDiego #HemeSky
December 6, 2024 at 9:32 PM