City of Hope Atlanta opens Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program

A. Samer Al-Homsi named system chief of blood and marrow transplant and cellular therapy at Northwell

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Vol.50 No.13

Clinical

First-ever commercial TIL therapy: How NCI, Iovance, and Moffitt achieved FDA approval

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Vol.50 No.08

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Steven Rosenberg, Friedrich Graf Finckenstein: FDA recognition of TIL therapy is the result of 40 years of research

Feb. 16, 2024, is a landmark date in the history of immuno-oncology.

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In Brief

Damian Green named chief of Division of Transplantation & Cellular Therapy at Sylvester

Damian Green will join Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Miami Miller School of Medicine this spring to lead its transplantation and cellular therapy services. Green was named chief of the Division of Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, as well as assistant director of Translational Research, beginning March 1.

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Regulatory News

FDA tells sponsors of CAR T-cell therapies to add boxed warning about secondary T-cell malignancies

FDA has directed the sponsors of CAR T-cell therapies to place boxed warnings on their products to indicate that the agents may cause secondary T-cell malignancies.

February 02, 2024

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By Alexandria Carolan

In the Archives

How George Santos and Al Owens’s early Cytoxan studies led to standard-of-care therapy in BMT

George SantosGeorge Santos, founder of Johns Hopkins University Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, pioneered many of the innovations used in bone marrow transplantation that are relevant today—but he didn’t get nearly as much credit as others working in the field.

November 10, 2023

Vol.49 No.42

By Alexandria Carolan

City of Hope Atlanta opens Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program

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