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B Cell-Based Assay to Expand Antigen-Specific T Cells (UCLA Case No. 2025-288)

UCLA researchers from the Department of Medicine have developed a novel B cell-based assay to expand antigen-specific T cells, allowing for an efficient, patient-specific platform to generate tumor antigen-specific T cells. BACKGROUND: Adoptive T cell therapies have emerged as a promising strategy for cancer immunotherapy, enabling the expansion of...

Published: 11/6/2025 | Inventor(s): Yuanyuan Tong, Willy Hugo, Maureen Su, Melissa Lechner, Robert Prins

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Category(s): Therapeutics > Oncology, Therapeutics > Immunology And Immunotherapy

Methods for Predicting Response Patterns to Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Metastatic Melanoma (UCLA Case No. 2016-582)

SUMMARYDr. Roger Lo and colleagues in the Department of Medicine at UCLA have identified a method to predict a melanoma patient’s resistance to pembrolizumab and other immune checkpoint inhibitors.BACKGROUNDImmune checkpoint inhibitors are the most recent stars in cancer therapeutics: the first 4+ drugs in the category have received breakthrough...

Published: 9/19/2025 | Inventor(s): Roger Lo, Antoni Ribas, Willy Hugo, Jesse Zaretsky

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Category(s): Diagnostic Markers, Therapeutics > Oncology > Oncology Immunotherapy