CAMI News

A CAMI scientist is leading efforts to create a new kind of cancer immunotherapy – neoantigen-specific cancer vaccines – to target patient-specific tumors and destroy cancer cells.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors increased its financial support of CAMI to a total of $8 million with another $4 million distribution of ARPA funds.

Researchers at the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies are investigating the potential of genetically engineered T cells to treat autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Hannah Pizzato, a scientist at the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, is working on a stem cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes.

U of A Health Sciences researchers are working to enhance prevention and treatment options for autoimmune diseases, which can be hard to diagnose and treat.

Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya is shepherding a new era in immunology research as the inaugural executive director of the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies.

The total funding comprises ground lease rent abatement and Downtown Community Reinvestment Funds.

The Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies will be led by Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a renowned immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, says it may sound like science fiction, but immunological therapies could harness the adaptive immune system to fight diseases.