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Understanding Parkinsonism after CAR T therapy

Understanding Parkinsonism after CAR T therapy

From Drs. John Sanderson, Kimmy Su, Anny Lin, and Yujie Wang, University of Washington Department of Neurology and Dr. Rahul Banerjee, Clinical Research Division
Science SpotlightFebruary 05, 2026
Viral immunologist taps ‘incredible potential’ of immune system

Viral immunologist taps ‘incredible potential’ of immune system

Dr. Paul Thomas will combine computational and empirical approaches to understand the immune repertoire and turn this knowledge into new diagnostic and therapeutic tools
Hutch NewsNovember 05, 2025
RNA “typos” can highlight leukemia cells for immune attack

RNA “typos” can highlight leukemia cells for immune attack

Looking beyond DNA, scientists find possible “surgically targeted” option for splicing factor-mutant blood cancers that lack effective immunotherapies
Hutch NewsApril 23, 2025
How a Black woman is coping with an ‘old white man’s disease’

How a Black woman is coping with an ‘old white man’s disease’

Bladder cancer patient manages the stress of a disease where recurrence is common
Hutch NewsJune 13, 2024
Diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer, a woman is disease-free after immunotherapy

Diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer, a woman is disease-free after immunotherapy

Treatment includes a unique approach to reduced-frequency dosing
Hutch NewsMarch 07, 2024
New biomarker could one day help tailor immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma

New biomarker could one day help tailor immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma

Helps explain why only certain MCC patients respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, could point toward new strategies to improve treatment responses
Hutch NewsFebruary 09, 2024
Extending efficacy for CAR T-cell therapies

Extending efficacy for CAR T-cell therapies

Dr. Shivani Srivastava receives NCI MERIT Award to investigate how to improve engineered cancer immunotherapies against solid tumors through reservoirs of self-renewing immune cells
Hutch NewsOctober 09, 2023
Transformative $78M gift to establish new precision oncology institute

Transformative $78M gift to establish new precision oncology institute

Gift will accelerate center’s leadership in the future of cancer research
Hutch NewsSeptember 08, 2022
How does leukemia escape from immunotherapy?

How does leukemia escape from immunotherapy?

Single-cell sequencing tech enables deep dive into mysterious results, sets stage for future improvements
Hutch NewsFebruary 09, 2022
New concerns about coronavirus evolution in immunosuppressed patients

New concerns about coronavirus evolution in immunosuppressed patients

Experts call for tighter precautions, better treatments, more research
Hutch NewsAugust 04, 2021
Calling in the backup: expanding DCs to augment vaccine responses

Calling in the backup: expanding DCs to augment vaccine responses

From the Fling and Cheever CITN Central Immune Monitoring Lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division and Clinical Research Division
Science SpotlightFebruary 15, 2021
Repair of key immune organ triggered by change in how immune cells die

Repair of key immune organ triggered by change in how immune cells die

Scientists learn how dying T cells promote regrowth of thymus
Hutch NewsDecember 07, 2020
Adoptive transfer of engineered T cells prolongs survival in preclinical ovarian cancer

Adoptive transfer of engineered T cells prolongs survival in preclinical ovarian cancer

From the Greenberg lab, Clinical Research Division, and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division 
Science SpotlightOctober 21, 2019
Nanoparticles open doors to cancer-fighting CAR T cells

Nanoparticles open doors to cancer-fighting CAR T cells

Tiny liposome-based drug carriers make tumors more vulnerable to targeted immunotherapy
Hutch NewsJuly 02, 2018
Fred Hutch research to be presented at American Society of Hematology conference

Fred Hutch research to be presented at American Society of Hematology conference

Fred Hutch researchers to share latest research in immunotherapy, genetic markers, graft vs. host disease, cord blood and more
News ReleasesNovember 29, 2016
New clues to treating deadly skin cancer

New clues to treating deadly skin cancer

Small clinical trial finds two forms of immunotherapy may be better than one for treating metastatic melanoma
Hutch NewsJune 06, 2016
Got ideas for better, faster cancer cures?

Got ideas for better, faster cancer cures?

After Vice President Joe Biden’s Fred Hutch visit, we ask panelists for their ‘moonshot’ wish lists
Hutch NewsApril 15, 2016
10 years to cancer cures 'actually plausible,' Fred Hutch president says

10 years to cancer cures 'actually plausible,' Fred Hutch president says

'We are on the threshold of amazing advances,' Dr. D. Gary Gilliland tells industry, research leaders
Hutch NewsJune 30, 2015