Oncology & Cancer

FDA approves engineered cell therapy for treating rare sarcoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for the immunotherapy afamitresgene autoleuecel (Tecelra, also known as afami-cel) for the treatment of adults with a rare soft tissue cancer called ...

Oncology & Cancer

Overcoming the limits of immunotherapies

CAR-T cells are highly effective in treating selected blood cancers. However, challenges remain with this new therapy, which was first approved in 2017 in the U.S. and a year later in Europe for treating acute lymphoblastic ...