Josep Tabernero

Josep Tabernero

Josep Tabernero
Position

Head of the Oncology Department of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital of Barcelona and Director of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology

Reactions to clinical trial using CRISPR to modify patient's own T lymphocytes for cancer treatment

A pioneering phase 1 clinical trial has tested a type of cancer immunotherapy. Researchers have modified patients' own T-lymphocyte receptors using the CRISPR tool to direct them against specific targets on their own tumours. The results are published in the journal Nature.

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