Stung by pa­tient deaths, a small Juno study points to a Goldilocks for­mu­la for CAR-T

For Juno, the hunt to find just the right mix­ture of T cells along with an ef­fec­tive reg­i­men to prep pa­tients for their CAR-T ther­a­py has had a lethal his­to­ry, tan­gling up de­vel­op­ment time­lines in a way that has ced­ed the lead in the field to ri­val Kite.

But in a new, small study in­volv­ing one of their most ad­vanced CAR-Ts, an in­ves­tiga­tive team feels that they came up with just the right recipe. And that could have big im­pli­ca­tions for an­oth­er CAR-T pro­gram in which Juno holds high hopes for a come­back.

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