Cancer cells cooperate to fight off the immune system and overcome therapy
New research from the lab of Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD, showed that tumor cells can escape T cell killing during immunotherapy by using “clonal cooperation.” This work suggests that early treatment with immunotherapies may be more effective, before tumor cell heterogeneity emerges.
After years of treatment and three relapses, CAR T-cell therapy offers hope for leukemia patient
Jacelyn Walsh, a 41-year-old mother of two, relapsed three times in her battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After trying CAR T-cell therapy at UChicago Medicine, she has hope for the future.
A band of scientists
Science is their life's work. Music is a lifelong passion. After hours, these University of Chicago researchers and physicians turn their creative energies to the stage.
