by Tara Fernandez | Feb 20, 2020
Immunotherapies have been heralded as a revolutionary paradigm shift in how cancer is treated, thanks to the exceptional cancer-killing properties of checkpoint inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Today, approved therapies Yescarta™ and Kymriah™,...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 29, 2019
While this November has been dramatic on the weather front, it has been unremarkable as far as Movember goes. I am only n=1, but I haven’t noticed any unusual facial hair growing on male colleagues, friends and family. In fact, I think I’ve spotted only two...
by Tara Fernandez | Oct 17, 2019
RNA-based vaccines have been heralded as a new molecular weapon in the arsenal against cancer and infections. Five years ago, they were thrust into the spotlight following a $52 million investment by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to CureVac, a...
by Stacey Johnson | Jul 26, 2019
Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world. Julio C. Valencia, NCI Center for Cancer Research, CC BY-SA Synthetic biology is an exciting discipline that, according to SynBio Canada, “represents a maturation of genetic engineering and...
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