A study published in the journal Nature reports results of the first-in-human phase I clinical trials of a novel immunotherapy approach for solid tumors expressing glypican-3. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center led the study, which tested chimeric antigen receptor T cells enhanced with the protein interleukin-15.
Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a cytokine-armored CAR T-cell therapy that helps the immune system better attack aggressive brain tumors in mice while reducing dangerous side effects that have long limited immune-based treatments for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant brain cancers.
