Poster Quick Takes: Enhancing CAR T Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors

Behind a table laden with a mix of food platters, chips bags, drinks, and slow cookers, a large map of the U.S. presided over a gathering for the NCI Frederick postbaccalaureate and postdoctoral fellows finishing their assignments.  The map, speckled with colored spots that indicated where fellows were heading next, was a focal point of the afternoon. The celebration was the second annual Fellows Sendoff Potluck...

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The August sun slanted through the Scientific Library’s windows, casting the remnants of the general collection in a warm glow. Cloistered in private rooms and seated at secluded desks and carrels, scientists studied in monastic silence. But it wasn’t business as usual.

NCI Frederick researchers and colleagues are improving therapies that modify and equip a patient’s own immune cells to target their solid tumors. Their modification, while still at an early stage of development, can potentially minimize the risk that the armed cells will be therapeutically rejected.

To the final team of Scientific Library staff, the library was both a physical location and an intangible purpose, a second home and a calling. The facility may have been measured in square feet, but to its employees, the Scientific Library was measured in experiences with each other and the patrons they helped.