MODULATING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT DISEASE

Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  Megan Levings, PhD

  School of Biomedical Engineering
  University of British Columbia, Canada
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  Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD

  Surgery and Genomic Immunology
  Sana Biotechnology Inc. and UCSF, United States

Presenting Author(s)

• LY

  Lili Yang, PhD

  Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States

This session will highlight ways to either enhance or suppress the immune system to target a range of conditions like solid tumors, metabolic dysfunction, fibrosis and autoimmune diseases. We will explore innovations in CAR T cells, pluripotent stem cell-derived-macrophages and natural killer (NK) cells, all currently in clinical trials. Additionally, the session will discuss hypoimmune cells and the immune privilege of transplanted cells.

Presentations:

• BUILDING AN ENHANCED IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT DISEASE
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Megan Levings, PhD – University of British Columbia
• GENERATION OF ALLOGENEIC CAR-NKT CELLS FROM HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS USING A CLINICALLY GUIDED CULTURE METHOD
  

  Presenting Author: Lili Yang, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• TRANSLATING DISCOVERIES INTO THE CLINIC: OVERCOMING THE ALLOGENEIC TRANSPLANT BARRIER
  

  Concurrent Speaker: Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD – Sana Biotechnology Inc. and UCSF