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Steven Rosenberg receives AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has awarded Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of the Surgery Branch, the AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research. He is being recognized for his paramount contributions to cancer research and patient care, most notably his pioneering research in establishing cancer immunotherapy as a major treatment strategy for many cancer types. He will receive the award at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting. 

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India’s First Homegrown CAR T-Cell Therapy Has Roots in NCI Collaboration

In October 2023, India’s counterpart to the US Food and Drug Administration, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, approved NexCAR19, an effective, low-cost CAR-T cell therapy. The development of the therapy was made possible by a years-long collaborative journey between the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai with NCI researchers at the NIH Clinical Center. As India’s first approved CAR-T cell therapy, the treatment will be manufactured in Mumbai and is affordable for many. 

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