Scientists in Britain led by a Greek hematologist developed and started testing a new stronger anti-cancer immunotherapy. The researchers created a new kind of “turbo” immune cell with a genetic modification, CAR19-iNKT, which could be massively produced in the future and used in cancer patients....
Imperial College
Researches stem cell bioprocessing
[:el] Athanasios Mantalaris is a Professor of BioSystems Engineering in the Imperial College London. His expertise is in modelling of biological systems and bioprocesses with a focus on mammalian cell culture systems, stem cell bioprocessing and tissue engineering. Mantalaris and his team is seeking to develop a...
A Cretan scientist in the fight against Parkinson and Alzheimer’s disease
Professor Nicholas D. Mazarakis holds the Lucas-Lee chair of Molecular BioMedicine and is head of Gene Therapy in Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He is a molecular neuroscientist with an international reputation in gene therapy of neurological diseases. Nicholas Mazarakis is from Crete....