Rare leukemia targeted by modifying patients’ immune cells – West Hartford News
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Rare leukemia targeted by modifying patients’ immune cells
West Hartford News Turning the T cells into CAR–T cells helps by targeting the CD19 marker on the B cells. “CD19 happens to be a pretty good target for cancer technology because it’s only on B cells,” Gore said. “These new CAR–T cells latch onto the leukemia cells.”. |
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Dr. Slovin on Approaches of Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer
OncLive It’s important to recognize that immunotherapy encompasses more than checkpoint inhibitors, explains Slovin. There is a wide variety of other approaches that fall under the category of immunotherapy, such as antibodies, chimeric antigen receptor T … |
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Dr. Slovin on Approaches of Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer
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