CAR-T cells

CAR-T cells are T cells, which are white blood cells that help protect the body from infection and cancer, that have been re-engineered to produce proteins on their surface called chimeric antigen receptors (CARs).

CARs are laboratory-created proteins that are designed to bind to specific proteins found on cancer cells.

There are currently quite a few CAR-T cell therapies approved in the US for blood cancer treatment, but the current manufacturing process is burdened by high production costs and extended waiting times.