Cancer FrontiersCAR-T cell therapy
A patient’s own immune cells, re-engineered to find and attack a target.
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Cancer FrontiersA patient’s own immune cells, re-engineered to find and attack a target.

A short National Cancer Institute explainer on CAR T-cell therapy, in which a patient's own T cells are engineered to recognize and attack cancer.…
Cancer FrontiersTargeted drugs, checkpoint inhibitors, CAR-T cells and biomarker testing have joined surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Each works differently, helps some patients dramatically and others not at all.
Companies + StocksMost medical products begin as university research, then pass through tech transfer offices, licences or spinouts, and the regulatory system. This guide maps each step and the reasons discoveries stall.