Not exact matches
The research team of Dr Bassam Janji in the Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research at LIH's Department of Oncology is specialized in the study of the tumor
microenvironment in
different types of solid tumors, including skin cancer.
The remaining gaps between natural and bioengineered tissues may come from
different developmental cues caused by the unique
microenvironment of cells developing in a petri dish versus that of cells developing in a person or animal.
We are unraveling the mechanisms of this modulation in
different solid and hematological malignancies and investigating ways to potentiate iNKT cell control of the tumor
microenvironment for cancer immunotherapy.
We want to understand how these cells interact with their
microenvironment and whether they differ between
different metastatic sites.
iTeos uses a platform of in vitro and ex vivo screening assays to reproduce immunosuppression induced by
different components of the tumor
microenvironment.