A movie just recently released called “Rampage” features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson using a genetic engineering technology called CRISPR, to transform a gorilla, among other… Read more
Tag: immunotherapy
Could Your Gut Microbes Hinder Your Cancer Treatment? A New First-In-Human Trial Investigates
Could the poop of some cancer patients hold the key to treating certain cancers in all people? What does cancer have to do with poop?… Read more
New Genome Center to Advance Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy
The UPMC Genome Center is a unique facility that supports clinical diagnostics and research initiatives in precision medicine and immunotherapy. The center was established with… Read more
Pursuing a Cancer Prevention Vaccine
For more than two decades, Olivera Finn has tirelessly pursued one goal in her research: to develop a vaccine to prevent cancer. She has had… Read more
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the very first cancer treatment that uses genetically engineered cells as therapy. The treatment is approved for… Read more