VCs back Leucid to trial CAR-T twist in ovarian cancer patients

John Maher, Ph.D., has secured funding to put his ideas about CAR-Ts to the test. As chief scientific officer of Leucid Bio, Maher has pushed the idea that the configuration of co-stimulatory modules is the secret to success in CAR-T—and now he has the cash to run a phase 1 clinical trial in ovarian cancer.