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There has been much recent excitement about immunotherapy and the use of genetically engineered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Historically, CAR T cell immunotherapy has aimed to boost the immune system by giving immune cells the information they need to better recognize tumor cells as foreign and attack them. New work led by Hans-Guido Wendel, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), and collaborator Karin Tarte of the University of Rennes, France, illustrates an untapped potential of CAR T cells to act as targeted delivery vehicles that can function as “micro-pharmacies” for precise therapeutic delivery.
Illustration of CAR T cells with conveyor belts leading out of them carrying HVEM protein in tablet form.
In the Lab
A new immunotherapy approach involves engineering CAR T cells to produce proteins that treat lymphoma.
Alexander Rudensky
In the News
One of MSK’s leading immunologists turned 60 on Friday, and scientists came to celebrate.
Titan Krios cryo-electron microscope
Feature
Wondering how cryo-electron microscopy will impact medicine? Hear it from the source.
Electronic microscope enlargement of macrophage cell (tinted green)
In the Lab
A surprising finding challenges long-held dogma about how certain immune cells develop into specialized types in diverse tissues.
Metastatic tumor in the lung, with different colors used to represent the cell nuclei, the blood vessels, and the P-selectin protein.
In the Lab
A protein in blood vessels that plays a role in cancer metastasis is a promising target for delivering cancer drugs to tumors using nanoparticles.
Dr. Joan Massagué, Sloan Kettering Institute Director received the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research and was named an AACR fellow at AACR16.
Announcement
Long-awaited results of clinical trials testing targeted drugs and immunotherapy combinations were on offer at the annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference.
a sneaky man on a sneaky mission
In the Lab
Cancer cells have a sneaky ability to hide out in the body for years at a time. MSK scientists are looking for ways to flush them out.
photo of Foxo1 protein stained in regulatory T cells
In the Lab
The immune system is a powerful tool for fighting cancer — sometimes too powerful.
Cellular sphere that is purple and lit throughout by yellow-orange light.
Snapshot
MSK <a href="/node/38885">nanotechnology</a> researchers have developed an innovative approach for measuring the permeability of living tumors.