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Wistar study finds that common cholesterol drug enhances cell-based therapy

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A team of Wistar researchers led by Hildegund C.J. Ertl—a professor in The Wistar Institute’s Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center—has demonstrated that the common cholesterol drug fenofibrate can boost T cells’ ability to destroy human tumors. The study was published in Molecular Therapy Oncolytics.

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