cytotoxic
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"Our drug has both cytotoxic activity, it can kill the tumor cells, but it also has immunomodulatory capacity where it can modulate the immune system to now manage the tumor," said Cunniff.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sunwoo has also developed and applied to patent a method for producing and expanding large numbers of the modified cells, technically known as cytotoxic tissue-resident natural killer cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The drug, daraxonrasib, showed improvements in survival and success compared with standard-of-care cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who had been previously treated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Single-cell analyses show an unusual expansion of cytotoxic CD4+ T cells that behave more like CD8+ immune cells.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
"These findings have important implications for cancer immunotherapy in general, as they identify a novel and eminently targetable checkpoint against the function of infiltrating cytotoxic T cells in the tumor microenvironment," said Coukos.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
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