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Engineering T cells
Engineering T cells is a broad description of techniques used to modify a T cells obtained from a patient or healthy donor. T cells are a subset of immune cells responsible for targeting and killing tumor cells. Once harvested from a patient or donor, the T cells can be engineered in a laboratory making them better capable of killing a specific tumor. Examples of adoptive cell therapies using engineered T cells are T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T cells and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells.
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Drug Discovery & Development
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...
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J. Bryce Ortiz
FEB 21, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2022
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...
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Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2022
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...
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Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2022
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...
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Tara Fernandes
FEB 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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FEB 03, 2022
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...
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JAN 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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JAN 25, 2022
Immunology
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...
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Tara Fernandes
JAN 22, 2022
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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DEC 27, 2021
Microbiology
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...
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Carmen Leitch
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Genetics & Genomics
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...
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...
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Hannah Daniel
DEC 15, 2021
Microbiology
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Julianne Davis - Technical Writer and Support Scientist at Biotium The Rise of the Lab-on-a-Chip With the advent of m
...
DEC 06, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
DEC 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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Cell & Molecular Biology
In this image by Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman, a red parent is seen with its green 'offspring'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2021
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2021
Immunology
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...
Written By:
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