under the microscope

Supercharging CAR-T cells for cancer treatment.

Before CAR-T therapy really picks up steam toward its full life-saving potential, society might see one or more major improvements in its cost or effectiveness. Here’s one: “Traditional CAR-T cells, while effective against liquid cancers, face challenges in solid tumors—the […]

under the microscope

What if we could make CAR-T cells inside the body?

CAR-T therapies have operational scaling challenges (see above). Maybe viral vectors can circumvent those challenges by modifying your T cells while they’re still inside a patient. “Scientists are devising ways to edit the genomes of immune cells without having to […]