Off-the-shelf CAR-T from stem cells? An early look at UCLA tech — licensed by Gilead

Less than two years after the FDA first approved Novartis and Gilead’s groundbreaking autologous CAR-T treatments, the next revolution in cancer cell therapy is already raging on as biotechs like Cellectis and Allogene begin testing products made from healthy donor cells. UCLA scientists want to take the off-the-shelf approach one step further by growing a “virtually unlimited supply” of T cells in the lab.