02: What the HEK is CAR T cell therapy?

On this month’s episode we are joined by Dr. Scott McComb, a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, to talk about Chimeric Antigen Receptor aka CAR T cells! Listen in as we discuss topics such as what exactly is a CAR T cell, how it is currently being used, some current challenges with this therapy, what Dr. McComb brings to the field, and what we are excited to see in the future with CAR T cell therapy!

Below are some useful links of things mentioned in the episode:

About BioCanRx: https://biocanrx.com/about/about-biocanrx

CLIC-01 Trial: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1074740

Paper mentioned on CAR T cells for autoimmune diseases: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2308917

CD22 CAR Paper from Dr. McComb's lab: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omton.2024.200775

Episode Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0jUDBnVgdZcZk6aPCJ6IwaCIAt9uRml/view?usp=sharing

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