Immunotherapy

University of Manchester scientists receive grant to study T cell-mediated immunotherapy

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, November 24th, 2005

A pre-clinical research project coordinated by the University of Manchester, which will advance understanding of how cancer cells evade the immune system, has been awarded nearly EUR 12 million by the E.U.

The European Union Framework Programme (FP6) will enable doctors to improve 'T-cell mediated immunotherapy', which has the potential to fight a broad range of cancers.

The 5-year 'ATTACK' Project (Adoptive engineered T-cell Targeting to Activate Cancer Killing), involves an international consortium of 16 partners, who will collaborate on the process of engineering T-cells.

T-cells are part of the body's immune defense machinery...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2005-11-24)

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