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ElevateBio and Affini-T collaborate to develop T cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

ElevateBio has entered a partnership with Affini-T Therapeutics to progress the latter’s engineered TCR-T therapies focused on Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS), a dominant oncogenic driver mutation in solid tumours.

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Atrium Health gets grant for cancer treatment using antibodies and engineered cytotoxic cells

Pharmaceutical Technology

Discover how Atrium Health's groundbreaking patent revolutionizes cancer treatment with targeted antibodies and cytotoxic cells, enhancing immune response and improving patient outcomes.

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Astellas and Sutro partner to develop immunostimulatory ADCs

Pharmaceutical Technology

The alliance will utilise the cancer-fighting potential of iADCs as a new modality, along with the expertise of Sutro to engineer complex conjugated antibodies and the global oncology research and development (R&D) capabilities of Astellas. It can potentially enhance the anti-cancer effect.

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New study confirms bioengineered RSV protein vaccine evokes protective immune response

Scienmag

Close interactions with infectious disease set both University of California, Santa Cruz graduate student Ana Nuñez Castrejon and Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Rebecca DuBois on the path of studying Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common and sometimes dangerous respiratory disease for which there is not currently a vaccine.

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Chimeric exosomes co-activate immune response and tumor microenvironment for cancer immunotherapy

Scienmag

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed macrophage–tumor chimeric exosomes that co-activate the immune response and tumor microenvironment to support cancer immunotherapy.

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AbbVie partners with Immunome for new cancer drug targets discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

The multi-year collaboration will use Immunome’s Discovery Engine to discover up to ten new antibody pairs arising from three specified types of tumours. We look forward to utilising their Discovery Engine to enhance our existing oncology pipeline.”.

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ESMO 2022: the evolution of TIL therapy – a highly promising approach

Pharmaceutical Technology

Successful TIL therapy depends on the infusion product containing tumour-reactive T cells that, on infusion, generate an anti-tumour immune response that causes disease regression. The use of engineered immune cytokines that selectively induce the expansion of TILs is being investigated as an alternative to IL-2 stimulation.