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Key Questions in CAR T-Cell Therapies

Jane de Lartigue, PhD Published Online: Monday, May 12, 2014 Renier J. Brentjens, MD, PhD, director of Cellular Therapeutics at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, focuses on the development of new therapies for patients with acute and chronic leukemias, in particular on novel immunotherapies such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. He is one of the founders of Juno Therapeutics, a start-up company launched in 2013 to expand cell-based immunotherapies, including CD19-targeted CAR T cells, into multiple cancer types. Brentjens, who is the director of Cellular Therapeutics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discussed his research in this interview with OncologyLive.

Brentjens, MD, PhD, director of Cellular Therapeutics at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, focuses on the development of new therapies for patients with acute and chronic leukemias, in particular on novel immunotherapies such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. He is one of the founders of Juno Therapeutics, a start-up company launched in 2013 to expand cell-based immunotherapies, including CD19-targeted CAR T cells, into multiple cancer types. Brentjens, who is the director of Cellular Therapeutics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discussed his research in this interview with OncologyLive.

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