The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy brings together national cancer researchers studying the immune system's role in fighting cancer.
The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy brings together national cancer researchers studying the immune system's role in fighting cancer.
Penn is renewing its membership in a national cancer partnership that funds research into how the immune system can be armed against cancer.The University of Pennsylvania has renewed a national cancer research partnership focused on studying how the body’s immune system can be used to fight — and maybe cure — cancer.in 2016.
“Being part of PICI has opened new doors for teamwork across institutions that has already proved to be very fruitful in moving immunotherapy forward as a pillar of cancer treatment,”, therapy for blood cancers. The technique involves removing T cells, a type of white blood cell, genetically modifying them to target cancer cells, and infusing them back into the bloodstream.for certain types of blood cancer, such as childhood leukemia.
The PICI network also includes Stanford University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Francisco; Weill Cornell Medicine; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and the Gladstone Institutes.
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