Engineered immune cells recognize, attack human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. It modifies a patient's own T-cells by adding a piece of an antibody that recognizes unique features on the surface of cancer cells. In a new study, researchers report that they have dramatically broadened the potential targets of this approach - their engineered T-cells attack a variety of solid-tumor cancer cells from humans and mice.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news