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Novel Target for Melanoma Therapeutic Development

Novel Target for Melanoma Therapeutic Development

by Adam Smartt | Dec 15, 2020 | Established Investigator Award, Featured

Established Investigator Award 2020 Linda Malkas, PhD Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Converting Regulatory into Proinflammatory Anti-Tumor Effector T Cells

Converting Regulatory into Proinflammatory Anti-Tumor Effector T Cells

by Adam Smartt | Nov 30, 2020 | Established Investigator Award, Featured

Established Investigator Award 2020 Thorsten Mempel, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital
Defining the Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-CTLA4 Antibodies in the TME

Defining the Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-CTLA4 Antibodies in the TME

by Adam Smartt | Nov 15, 2020 | Established Investigator Award

Description: Over the past decade, harnessing the power of a patient’s own immune system for the treatment of cancer has been a major medical breakthrough. By using drugs to block inhibitory signals on immune cells, these medicines help “release the...
Cellular and Genomic Landscape of Uveal Melanoma at Single Cell Resolution

Cellular and Genomic Landscape of Uveal Melanoma at Single Cell Resolution

by Adam Smartt | Nov 30, 2019 | Established Investigator Award

Principal Investigator: J. William Harbour, MD University of Miami Uveal melanoma (UM) is a highly aggressive eye cancer that leads to metastatic death in up to half of patients, with no measurable improvement in survival over the past half century. As such, there is...
Pharmacological Targeting of Estrogen Receptor to Enhance Melanoma Immunity

Pharmacological Targeting of Estrogen Receptor to Enhance Melanoma Immunity

by Adam Smartt | Nov 15, 2019 | Established Investigator Award

In Vivo Model of Human Melanoma Using a Novel Neural Crest Chimera System

In Vivo Model of Human Melanoma Using a Novel Neural Crest Chimera System

by Eldon Marr | Sep 20, 2018 | Established Investigator Award

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