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Novel CAR T cell therapy obe-cel demonstrates high response rates in adult patients with advanced B-cell ALL

by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID Patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who were treated with the novel anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell...

New form of immunotherapy under investigation for cancer that resists conventional T cell therapies
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New form of immunotherapy under investigation for cancer that resists conventional T cell therapies

by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Axial CT image with i.v. contrast. Macrocystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Credit: public domainMedical investigators are theorizing that a combination of two treatments that activate myeloid cells may effectively treat a recalcitrant form of pancreatic cancer that thwarts conventional immunotherapy. Mobilizing the immune system to destroy cancers has...