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‘Double-Barreled’ Drug Shows Early Promise for Blood Cancer
“I’m a clinical trials junkie!”So says Brian Koffman, M.D., a 73-year-old retired family physician from Claremont, California, who saw his personal and professional life upended when the doctor became...
Relapsed Lymphoma Patient Thrives After CAR T Cell Trial
Howard Chew had no idea he was sick.Living in Pomona, California, with family since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 54-year-old Bay Area waiter’s heart condition was his...
Lung Cancer Experts Answer Your Top Questions
Nearly 240,000 Americans are diagnosed with lung cancer each year. Lung cancer remains the most common cancer and the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S., claiming some 125,000 lives...
Researcher receives fellowship supporting gender equity in health care
Nadia Carlesso, Ph.D. As a member of the newest class of 24 women selected nationwide to participate in the Carol Emmott Fellowship, Nadia Carlesso, Ph.D., wants to take this unique and...
City of Hope-developed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy shows clinical activity in patients with aggressive brain tumors in a Phase 1 trial
•    Half of the enrolled patients had stable disease for at least two months, two showed partial response and two experienced complete response•    Nature Medicine paper highlights delivery of CAR T...
NEJM features patient who achieved HIV, leukemia remission
City of Hope® treated the oldest person to be cured of blood cancer and then achieve remission for HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor with a...
Targeting cell surface proteins could block cancer growth
Scientists at City of Hope® have discovered a new cellular mechanism that plays an important role in spurring the growth of cancer cells, as well as a way to target...
City of Hope preclinical study uncovers two proteins’ crucial role in causing cancer cell growth
Scientists identify treatment target that disrupts proteins’ interaction, offering hope for new therapeutic approach CONTACTZen [email protected] at City of Hope®, one of the largest...
City of Hope, TGen researchers develop machine-learning tool to detect cancer earlier via liquid biopsy
The innovative “fragmentomics” approach could one day allow doctors to identify cancer in patients sooner than possible today using smaller blood draws CONTACTZen LogsdonCity of [email protected]...
City of Hope Breakthrough Research Reveals an Immune Cell That Can Attack Cancer
According to preclinical research published online today in Cell, one of the world’s premier scientific journals, researchers at City of Hope® have discovered that a type of immune cell...