Cancer Research

How cell developmental biology fits into the future of medicine

Ben Stanger, the Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Research and professor of medicine and cell and developmental biology, discusses his research and publishing his first book, ‘From One Cell: A Journey into Life’s Origins and the Future of Medicine.’

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An immunotherapy strategy against all blood cancers

Researchers at Penn Medicine have demonstrated a new potential treatment using CAR T cell therapy using a CRISPR base-editing to develop a method called “epitope editing.”

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In the News


RNZ/Radio New Zealand

Trial results offer hope to Kiwis with ‘incurable’ blood cancer

Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine praises New Zealand research into a new CAR T-cell cancer treatment for patients with blood cancer.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Emily Whitehead was the first child cured of cancer with therapy from Penn. She’s back as a freshman

Emily Whitehead of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the first child cured of leukemia with CAR-T cancer therapy, has returned to Penn as a first-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Stat

Vampiric cancer cells, a brain atlas, & alleged misconduct at Cassava

Research by Bo Li of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that cancer cells can use mitochondria to sap energy from T cells, resisting treatment and evading the body’s defenses.

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New York Post

Why CAR T cell therapy is the cancer killer the world needs now

Research from Michael Mitchell of the School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a new method to stop cytokine release during CAR T cell therapy, preventing some of its more dangerous side effects.

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The Business Journals

Penn’s cell therapy pioneer Dr. Carl June shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine has been awarded a $3 million Breakthrough Prize in life sciences for developing CAR-T therapy to treat cancer, with remarks from President Liz Magill.

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USA Today

Cancer treatment has come far, fast: Better prevention, early detection, new treatment

Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine was awarded a $3 million Breakthrough Prize in life sciences for developing CAR-T therapy to treat cancer.

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