November 10, 2025
Tag: Immunotherapy
September 15, 2025
Targeted Oncology: Autologous TIL Cell Therapy: A Potential Next Line of Treatment for HNSCC
April 18, 2025
UNC Lineberger and UNC faculty and trainees present findings at AACR annual meeting
Nearly 30 UNC Lineberger and UNC faculty and trainees will present findings and participate during the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Chicago, April 25-30.
January 11, 2022
Mark Foundation awards Pylayeva-Gupta three-year, $750,000 research grant
Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD, is a recipient of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Emerging Leader Award. The funding will support her research focused on reprogramming B cell fate and function in cancer.
October 6, 2021
Gel enhances CAR-T immunotherapy benefits in brains surgically treated for glioblastoma
Researchers from UNC Lineberger and colleagues report pairing a newly developed gel with immunotherapy that was delivered to post-surgical lab models with glioblastoma improved the immunotherapy’s effectiveness.
September 23, 2021
Therapy using dual immune system cells effectively controls neuroblastoma
Hongwei Du, PhD, Gianpietro Dotti, MD, and colleagues developed a new therapeutic approach that has shown successful results in lab models.
September 10, 2021
Immunotherapy after high-dose chemotherapy leads to favorable outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia
Josh Zeidner, MD, Jon Serody, MD, and colleagues report clinical trial outcomes that benefited patients with resistant or relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.
August 30, 2021
Chemotherapy plus immunotherapy before surgery is beneficial for invasive bladder cancer outcomes
Tracy Rose, MD, MPH, Matthew Milowsky, MD, and colleagues report that the regimen reduced the invasiveness of the cancer in 56% of patients in a phase II clinical trial.
July 27, 2021
Patients with advanced bladder cancer could benefit from immunotherapy regardless of gene mutation status
Led by William Kim, MD, and colleagues, this research has important implications for patients who have not been offered immunotherapy because of their genetic profiles.
April 23, 2021
Scientists make donation when cancer hits close to home
Barbara Savoldo, MD, PhD, and Gianpietro Dotti, MD, have established a fund to develop a CAR-T therapy for glioblastoma in honor of Savoldo's sister, Sonia.