The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has launched its Institute for Cell Therapy Discovery & Innovation, which seeks to build upon MD Anderson clinical and research expertise to advance impactful cell therapies.
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies (CAR T) have proven effective in several hematological cancers and are advancing across the pipelines of other types of tumors with limited efficacy, such as in the more complex environment of solid tumors.
Kytopen Corp. has received a phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $1.6 million from the NIAID/NIH to support preclinical studies of its engineered natural killer (NK) cells. The funding will be used to conduct in vivo preclinical studies, which will be conducted by Charles River Laboratories