Guiding the attack: CXCR3 leads CAR T cells to pediatric brain tumors
CAR T cell therapies targeting B7-H3 (CD276), a marker expressed on DIPG tumors, have been tested in early phase clinical trials and demonstrated feasibility and tolerability. [...] However, many CAR T cells may struggle to travel into the tumor and exert their cancer-killing effects. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/spotlight/2026/01/ccsg-song-natcomm.html
Jan 13
FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for BrainChild Bio’s B7-H3 CAR T-Cell Therapy for Incurable Pediatric Brain Tumors
BrainChild Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing CAR T-cell therapies to treat tumors in the central nervous...
Jun 28, 2025
A new CAR-T-cell therapy tricks cancer cells with a decoy to increase treatment efficiency in B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
CAR-T cell therapy has significantly improved outcomes for B-ALL patients, but relapse still occurs in over 50% of cases, leaving many...
Mar 25, 2025
Experimental treatment borrowed from blood cancer shows promise for pediatric brain tumors
In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts caution that...
Mar 24, 2025
CAR-T Cell Therapy Shows EFS Benefit in Pediatric Leukemia Subset
Treatment with bicistronic CD19/CD22 CAR-T cell therapy has shown event-free survival improvements in children with relapsed or...
Dec 19, 2024
Cell therapy fights lethal childhood brain cancer in Stanford Medicine trial
CAR-T cells show promise against pediatric diffuse midline gliomas, brain and spinal cord tumors that are among the deadliest cancers, a...
Nov 14, 2024
Children with aggressive blood cancer offered treatment cure hope
Youngsters with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) will be offered CAR T-cell therapy targeted at a specific protein, which has...
Oct 15, 2024
CAR T cell therapy for pediatric brain cancer warrants further study
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s...
Jun 3, 2024
CAR T cell therapy targeting HER2 antigen shows promise against advanced sarcoma in phase I clinical trial
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s...
May 30, 2024
CAR T cell therapy for pediatric patients: What parents should know
CAR T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that modifies T cells, so they can detect and fight cancer cells. This therapy is...
Mar 25, 2024

