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Engineering a Living Drug: The Odyssey of CAR T Cells

June’s “odyssey” in cellular immunotherapy and CAR T cell research took him from the US Naval Academy and an MD at Baylor College to research posts in Switzerland and the US before setting up his own lab at the University of Pennsylvania, a hub of major breakthroughs.

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Carl H. June

Carl H. June is Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Balzan Prize - 2025