Decade-long leukaemia remissions with persistence of CD4+ CAR T cells
A new analysis of the first two patients treated in a clinical trial with CAR T cell therapy explains the longest persistence of CAR T cells recorded to date against chronic lymphocytic leukemia an
Read moreA randomized controlled study of convalescent plasma for individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia
Read morePenn Spinout Verismo Therapeutics Raises $16M to Advance Cell Therapies
Cellular therapy in preclinical development to target pancreatic cancer, mesothelioma and ovarian cancer.
Read moreNIH MERIT Award for Dr. Una O'Doherty
R37 MERIT Award through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for the project "Determinants of Reservoir Contraction and Expansion in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro" in HIV antiviral therapy (ART).
Read moreConvalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 Patients
Experimental approach of giving a transfusion of plasma collected from a donor who has recovered from COVID-19 to a patient with an active infection is the focus of a new two-part research initiative.
Read moreCRISPR-engineered T cells in Patients with Refractory Cancer
Genetically-edited immune cells can persist, thrive, and function months after a cancer patient receives them, according to new data published in Science by researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center.
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