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Featured CAR T-cell Therapy Shows Promise for Refractory/Relapsed Multiple MyelomaNoopur Raje, MD, and colleagues determined in a phase 1 trial that idecabtagene vicleucel had promising antitumor activity in a heavily pretreated population of patients with multiple myeloma, and most nonhematologic toxic effects were grade 1 or 2. 
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Revealing the Mechanisms of CAR T-Cell Therapy Resistance in Solid TumorsPhysician-scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital use patient-derived tumor models to decode mechanisms of CAR T-cell therapy resistance in solid tumors. 
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Making CAR T-Cell Therapy More Effective Against Solid TumorsA new technique from Massachusetts General Hospital uses disulfiram, copper, and radiation to stress cancer cells/tumors to rejuvenate CAR T-cells and ready the tumor microenvironment for CAR T-cell therapy. 
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Neutropenia-driven Approach to G-CSF Use May Be Feasible With CAR T-Cell TherapyMass General researchers found using granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to treat neutropenia after chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, rather than as prophylaxis, resulted in less risk of severe cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Initiating G-CSF after CRS onset did not exacerbate toxicity. 
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Novel Tandem CAR T-Cell Effective Against Heterogeneous GlioblastomaMassachusetts General Hospital researchers have developed TanCART, the first chimeric antigen receptor T cell that targets EGFRvIII and IL-13R?2 simultaneously, and found it was effective in vitro and in murine models of heterogeneous glioblastoma, including patient-derived xenografts. 
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Distinct Cellular Dynamics Are Associated With Response to CAR-T Therapy for B-Cell LymphomaMarcela V. Maus, MD, PhD, Gad Getz, PhD and colleagues observed that even small increases in CAR regulatory T cells contributed to relapse after axicabtagene ciloleucel treatment of refractory large B-cell lymphoma. This and other findings may optimize the design and individualization of CAR T-cell therapies. 
CAR T-cell Therapy Contributors
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  Bob S. Carter, MD, PhDChief, Neurosurgery Service Recent Article 
 Co-transplantation of Regulatory T Cells Improves Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease  
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  Daniel B. Rubin, MD, PhDNeurologist Recent Article 
 Interim Safety Profile From the Feasibility Study of the BrainGate Neural Interface System  
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  Jeremy Slade Abramson, MDDirector, Jon and JoAnn Hagler Center for Lymphoma, Mass General Cancer Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Recent Article 
 Improving Outcomes for Patients With Drug-resistant Epilepsy Through Surgery  
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  Meghan E. Sise, MDNephrologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine Recent Article 
 Acute Kidney Injury Possible with Tisagenlecleucel CAR T Therapy  
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  Noopur S. Raje, MDDirector of the Multiple Myeloma Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Recent Article 
 CAR T-cell Therapy Shows Promise for Refractory/Relapsed Multiple Myeloma  
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  Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPHDirector, Cardio-Oncology Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program Recent Article 
 T1 Value on Cardiac MRI Diagnoses Myocarditis Associated with Checkpoint Inhibitors  
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  William T. Curry, MDCo-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Adeline Rose Wydotis Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School Recent Article 
 Review: The Role of Antibody-Based Therapies in Neuro-Oncology