The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and the American Society for Clinical Investigation have awarded Owen Witte with the twelfth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine.
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.
