Program Incorporates New CAR Constructs Designed to Specifically Target the Pan-tumor Associated Stress Proteins MICA and MICB Proprietary Binding Domains Shown to Overcome MICA/B Shedding, a Common Mechanism of Tumor Cell Escape Broadly Observed Across Solid Tumors Exclusive License Agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute covers MICA/B Binding Domains and iPSC-derived CAR MICA/B Cell Products SAN DIEGO, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders, today announced the presentation of a new off-the-shelf, iPSC-derived, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-targeted cell-based cancer immunotherapy program at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 23rd Annual Meeting to be virtually hosted on May 12 15, 2020. The new preclinical program targets MHC class I related proteins A (MICA) and B (MICB), and is supported by an exclusive license from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to intellectual property covering novel antibody fragments binding MICA/B for iPSC-derived cellular therapeutics
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