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Study identifies immune cells involved in protection against COVID-19
expresspharma
June 29, 2020
A study, published in the journal Science Immunology, assessed T cells from 10 COVID-19 patients under intensive care treatment.
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CAR macrophages go beyond T cells to fight solid tumors
worldpharmanews
March 25, 2020
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has been a game-changer for blood cancers but has faced challenges in targeting solid tumors.
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Thyas Obtains Exclusive Rights to Manufacture Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-Derived Killer T Cells for Autologous Immunotherapy
pharmafocusasia
January 21, 2019
Thyas Co. Ltd. (Thyas) signed a licensing agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. (iPS-AJ), a technology licensing organization of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell related-patents from Kyoto University.....
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Certain brain tumours could respond to immunotherapy
pharmaphorum
December 12, 2018
Some brain tumours may respond to immunotherapy after all, according to a new study.So far, brain tumours have been resistant to immunotherapy drugs because.....
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Gilead’s Kite bags option to buy gamma delta startup Gadeta
fiercebiotech
July 23, 2018
Gilead’s Kite Pharma has snagged an option to buy gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR) startup Gadeta. The deal sees Kite take a stake in Gadeta and commit to milestones tied to the progress of oncology candidates.
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CAR-T 2.0? A split, universal and programmable system
fiercebiotech
April 27, 2018
Recent FDA approvals have validated the use of chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-Ts) to fight blood cancers...
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T cells found to ‘acquire knowledge’ to take fight to metastatic cancer
pharmafile
May 18, 2017
T cells are widely known as being crucial in the fight against cancer within the body but little was known, previously, about what happened after their role was after infiltrating a tumour.
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Novel ‘barcode’ tracking of T cells in immunotherapy patients identifies likely cancer-killers
firstwordpharma
February 28, 2017
Fred Hutch scientists link improved treatment responses with offspring of rare T cells