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City of Hope-Developed COVID Vaccine Receives $367M in Federal Funding
In March 2020, while most people around the world were working or studying from home as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down communities, City of Hope scientist Don J. Diamond...
Protect yourself against the tridemic
A triple threat of COVID-19, influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is hitting our communities hard. RSV rates continue to climb in Southern California, and we still are battling...
Novel Immunotherapy Developed by City of Hope Could Provide New Treatment Model for SARS-CoV-2 Patients
CONTACTLetisia [email protected] killer (NK) cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells to better fight COVID-19 LOS ANGELES  — City of Hope researchers have engineered an...
Celebrating ‘everyday heroes’ during hospital week
National Hospital Week is an opportunity to highlight hospitals, health systems and health care workers and the innovative ways they are supporting and connected to patients and the community. As...
COVID-19 concerns again impacting cancer screenings
Emile Auguste Jr., a 64-year-old mortgage banker from Monrovia, California, has no qualms about maintaining his regular colorectal cancer screenings in the current COVID-19-altered environment.   “Concerns? Not for me!”...
New preclinical data show broad immune response to City of Hope-developed COVID-19 vaccine
  Don J. Diamond, Ph.D. COH04S1, a City of Hope-developed COVID-19 investigational vaccine, stimulated broad-spectrum protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants in new preclinical research due to its inclusion of both...
City of Hope endocrinologist named to presidential commission
Raynald Samoa, M.D., gets emotional when he remembers what his grandmother would tell him. “She’d say, ‘I wrap my love for you in your shadow,’ meaning her love would...
City of Hope COVID-19 vaccine shows effectiveness in Phase 1 trial
A COVID-19 investigational vaccine developed by City of Hope scientists and now licensed to GeoVax Labs Inc. produced a robust neutralizing antibody and T cell (an immune cell) response against...
Booster shots for cancer patients? What you need to know
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their recommendation that certain immunocompromised people receive a supplemental dose of the COVID-19 vaccine — a “booster.” Here, we provide...
Data published in a Lancet journal on COH04S1, a City of Hope-developed COVID-19 vaccine, shows it produced robust antibodies and T cells against SARS-CoV-2
MEDIA CONTACTLetisia [email protected] The investigational vaccine is now being used in Phase 2 trials for immunocompromised patients and as a booster for healthy adult volunteers. ...