NATURAL KILLER CELLS EXPRESSING CARs
Genetically engineered NK cells can be seen here producing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) on their surface. Natural killer cells have the advantage of being able to attack tumor cells without priming or prior activation. Sequence created by hybridmedical for a series in which oncologists discuss the advantages of NK-based immunotherapies currently in clinical trials. Source: […]
HOW CAR-T CELLS ARE ENGINEERED TO FIGHT CANCER
HOW CAR-T CELLS ARE ENGINEERED TO FIGHT CANCER A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) sprouts from the surface of a genetically reengineered white blood cell. The receptor is a manufactured protein, and designed by molecular biologists to seek out and interact with specific antigens appearing on cancer cells. Now empowered with CAR, these killer T-cells are […]
GIRL TREATED WITH CAR-T FOR NEUROBLASTOMA, IS STILL ALIVE AND HEALTHY 19 YEARS AFTER TREATMENT
GIRL TREATED WITH CAR-T FOR NEUROBLASTOMA, IS STILL ALIVE AND HEALTHY 19 YEARS AFTER TREATMENT In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers report the successful treatment of a neuroblastoma patient with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. A woman, now twenty-three years old and with two children, treated in 2006, with a pioneering […]