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Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy
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Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy

Penn Medicine researchers have assessed the percentage of patients from minority health populations and reveal inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell therapy.

Meagan Raeke

Mapping pancreatic cancer to improve immunotherapy
Gregory Beatty holds up a lab sample in a lab coat.

Gregory L. Beatty is an associate professor of hematology-oncology and member of Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center.

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Mapping pancreatic cancer to improve immunotherapy

Gregory L. Beatty, an associate professor of hematology-oncology and member of Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, and his team focus on improving immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

Meagan Raeke

‘Dual target’ cell therapy appears to shrink brain tumors
CT scan of a brain.

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‘Dual target’ cell therapy appears to shrink brain tumors

Early Penn Medicine trial results show that targeting two tumor-associated proteins in patients with recurrent glioblastoma may be a promising step toward developing cell therapies for solid tumors.

Meagan Raeke

The mRNA miracle workers

The mRNA miracle workers

Nobel laureates Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine appear on “Sunday Morning” to discuss their careers, their mRNA research, and the COVID-19 vaccines.