CD5 deletion enhances the antitumor activity of adoptive T-cell therapies

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A new study details the critical influence of CD5, a key immunomodulatory protein, on engineered T-cell therapies, which is the foundational basis of the clinical-stage cell therapy company Vittoria Biotherapeutics’ proprietary Senza5TM platform.

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