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MEETING ON THE MESA: Cartherics heads to California

By Leigh Dayton, 2 September 2019

Cartherics has been invited to present at the prestigious Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa https://www.meetingonthemesa.com/ in Carlsbad, California in October. The meeting is the sector’s leading annual conference, bringing senior industry executives together with the scientific community to advance research into cell-based therapies.

The meeting covers a variety […]

2019-10-02T04:28:03+10:00September 3rd, 2019|

Flow cytometry: The core characterisation technique for developing next-generation cancer immunotherapies

CAR-T immunotherapy involves genetically engineering T-cells with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). FLOW cytometry uses antibodies tagged with fluorescent markers that bind to specific cell receptors. The labelled cells are then fed through a series of lasers and profiled using software such as FLOWLOGIC. FLOW cytometry works to […]

2019-08-28T04:52:41+10:00August 28th, 2019|

Monash University Student Open Day

A student development evening was held again this year on 26 August 2019 at Monash University Clayton where Professor Graham Jenkin (Cartherics’ Education Officer) represented us. More on our PhD projects on our Education Opportunities page.

2019-08-27T06:22:36+10:00August 27th, 2019|

Can an immune strategy used to treat cancer also wipe out HIV infections?

Drugs work stunningly well to control HIV—but not in everyone, and not without side effects. That’s why a small cadre of patients known as elite controllers has long fascinated researchers: Their immune system alone naturally suppresses HIV for decades without drugs. Now one team, inspired by success in mice, hopes to endow HIV-infected people […]

2019-08-12T02:23:44+10:00August 12th, 2019|

CAR-T Cell Cancer Therapy to Save Lives (Media Release)

https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/car-t-cell-cancer-therapy-to-save-lives/

The Victorian and Commonwealth Governments work together to make CAR-T Cell Therapy available to patients

  • CAR-T Cell Therapy is one of the most expensive treatments ever to be brought to Australia
  • More than 95 Victorians are diagnosed with cancer every day

The Victorian and Commonwealth Governments have worked together to bring the revolutionary, life-saving new […]

2019-08-05T05:32:50+10:00August 5th, 2019|

Australian Actor Tom Long cancer-free after medical trial

The Age, 28 July 2019

By Melissa Cunningham

Former SeaChange actor Tom Long was on the brink of death when he boarded a flight to the United States in April to take part in a medical trial for terminal blood cancer.

He arrived in Seattle with sunken cheeks and a body ravaged by chemotherapy. Weighing a little more […]

2019-07-29T04:19:34+10:00July 29th, 2019|

Cartherics’ research team just got bigger

As of July, the number of scientists sharing the work load in Cartherics’ laboratory hit an even dozen.  That’s thanks to Research Fellow and haematologist Madeline Cao who joined the team from CSIRO where she worked on haematopoietic stem cells with Susie Nilsson’s group.

At Cartherics her focus is […]

2019-07-18T01:46:33+10:00July 18th, 2019|

Patent office reopens major CRISPR battle between Broad Institute and Univ. of California

STAT Biotech – By Sharon Begley @sxbegle

JUNE 25, 2019

The U.S. patent office has declared an interference between a dozen key patents awarded to the Broad Institute on the genome-editing technology CRISPR and 10 CRISPR patent applications submitted by the University of California and its partners, according to documents posted by the U.S. Patent and […]

2019-07-03T01:17:02+10:00July 3rd, 2019|

Cartherics shareholders Thao and Luyen Nguyen at the June 2019 Board Meeting …….

Cartherics shareholders Thao and Luyen Nguyen at the June 2019 Board Meeting with Cartherics Chairman Bob Moses and CEO Alan Trounson celebrating their support for rapid progress towards clinical trials for major cancers. The Nguyen’s are Australian pharmaceutical providers and are strong supporters of Cartherics.
Pictured from left to right: Thao Nguyen, Alan Trounson, Bob Moses and Luyen Nguyen.
2019-06-24T01:35:25+10:00June 24th, 2019|
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