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December 2023

Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation welcomes new Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Sarah Tasian 

Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation welcomes new Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Sarah Tasian 

Published: Dec 13, 2023   |   Author: Michele Keene   |   Category: Medical Updates, What's New   |   No Comments

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Sarah Tasian to the Medical Advisory Board of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research! Sarah K Tasian, MD is a pediatric oncologist and physician-scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine who is interested in […]

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A membrane-associated MHC-I inhibitory axis for cancer immune evasion

A membrane-associated MHC-I inhibitory axis for cancer immune evasion

Published: Dec 7, 2023   |   Author: Michele Keene   |   Category: Medical Updates   |   No Comments

From the lab of Gabrielle’s Angels grantee Iannis Aifantis – their latest work on peptide:MHC class I expression & degradation and the discovery of a novel protein complex potentially important for T cell recognition in cancer. Immune-checkpoint blockade has revolutionized cancer treatment, but some cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML), do not respond or […]

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