

Penn Path & Lab Medicine
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@PennPathLabMed
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine @Penn: AP, CP, Research, Transfusion Medicine & Therapeutic Pathology, and Precision Dx




A new analysis by @PennPathLabMed found that clearing amyloid plaques from the brain may have long-term effects on the biological processes that drive Alzheimer’s disease. spr.ly/6014BEnoQC

I am delighted to share that @YeqiaoZhou from our lab was awarded an NCI K99 grant! Her application scored in the 3% on its first submission- an outstanding achievement. @PennPathLabMed @PennEpiInst @pennbgs







🚨NEW Engineering a juxtamembrane-targeting CAR T-cell against mesothelin: a novel binder resilient to shed antigen for enhanced efficacy against ovarian and pancreatic cancer Target antigen in cancer matter, so does where on that antigen is targeted. Mesothelin is attractive, but much of it is shed, leaving soluble antigen as a decoy and less target on the tumor. Here is a CAR to hit the membrane-proximal “stump” that remains after shedding. @FrontImmunol @PennMedicine frontiersin.org/journals/immun…












