AffyImmune Therapeutics to Present Poster at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

NATICK, Mass., April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AffyImmune Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company using its Tune & Track platform to develop CAR T cells for the treatment of solid cancers, announced today that it will present an abstract in a poster session at the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is being held April 8 – 13.  Presented findings will highlight research using AffyImmune's Tune & Track platform for the affinity tuning of the interaction between CAR T cells and cancer antigen, tracking of CAR T cells in real-time, and armoring of CAR T cells with cytokines.

Details of the abstract and poster are as follows:

Title: Focused IL-12 cytokine delivery enhances function of affinity-tuned and real-time tracked ICAM-1-specific CAR T cells in solid tumors
Presenting Author: Michael Gallagher, PhD, Scientist
Session Category: Adoptive Cell Therapy 1
Poster Number: 558/12
Abstract Number:  4978
Presentation Type: Poster
Date, Time, and Location: Sunday, April 10, 1:30 – 5:00 pm, Poster Section 36

About AffyImmune Therapeutics, Inc.
AffyImmune is realizing the potential of cancer immunotherapy by extending the anti-cancer activity of CAR T cell therapy to solid tumors. AffyImmune's Tune & Track platform finely tunes the affinity of CAR T cells to reduce toxicity and increase CAR T cell longevity while allowing in vivo monitoring through a proprietary tracking system. The company was founded in 2016 and in 2020 began enrolling patients in its Phase 1 trial to treat advanced thyroid cancer.

Contact Information:
Matt Britz
AffyImmune Therapeutics, Inc.
508-654-3600 x2
[email protected]

SOURCE AffyImmune Therapeutics

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