immunotherapy

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Meet Diana Ranoa, new assistant professor of biochemistry

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and Department of Biochemistry are pleased to welcome Dr. Diana Ranoa as assistant professor of biochemistry. Dr. Ranoa...
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who worked on a CAR-T immune therapy gather in a lab for a photo. Pictured, from front left: postdoctoral researcher Diana Rose Ranoa, graduate student Claire Schane, professor emeritus of biochemistry David Kranz (front center), researcher Amber Lewis and professor emeritus of pathology Edward Roy.

CAR-T immune therapy attacks ovarian cancer in mice with a single dose

CAR-T immune therapies could be effective against solid tumors if the right targets are identified, a new study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers suggests. The researchers successfully deployed CAR-T in a mouse model of ovarian cancer, a type of aggressive, solid-tumor...