Updates

2025

Long-term survival supports the potential benefit of CAR T cell therapy to treat solid tumors (Baylor College of Medicine - February 27, 2025)

Sprinter and marathoner CAR T cells reveal their distinct cancer-killing behavior (Baylor College of Medicine - February 4, 2025)

From bench to bedside and back: CAR T cells armed with IL-15 show promise in treating solid cancers (Baylor College of Medicine - January 28, 2025)

2024

Drs. Brenner, Rooney named National Academy of Inventors Fellows (Baylor College of Medicine - December 10, 2024)

Grandmother, 1-year-old granddaughter battle cancer together (ABC 13 KTRK - November 18, 2024)

Grandma and her toddler granddaughter face cancer at the same time: 'The most surreal thing' (People - November 17, 2024)

Grandmother, 1-year-old granddaughter battle cancer together (Good Morning America - November 13, 2024)

Outpatient CAR T: Safe, effective, accessible (MedScape - November 1, 2024)

Baylor College of Medicine receives more than $17 million from CPRIT (Baylor College of Medicine - August 21, 2024)

Early findings suggest CAR-T for solid tumors may advance beyond ‘very nascent stage’ (Healio - July 23, 2024)

Targeting stem-like cells shrinks medulloblastoma tumors in preclinical study (Medical Xpress - July 10, 2024)

2023

‘Getting Close’ to making stem, bone marrow transplants safer for patients with blood cancer (Cure Today - January 16, 2023)

Novel T-cell therapy effective against common viruses after stem cell transplantation (HemOnc Today - January 12, 2023)

An investigational T-cell therapy shows promise against six viral infections common after stem cell transplants (American Association for Cancer Research - January 11, 2023)

2022

Promising approach to mitigate complications of leukemia treatment (Baylor College of Medicine - October 6, 2022)

Black teen with sickle cell disease first gene therapy patient at Texas Medical Center (The Grio - March 17, 2022)

Katy teen is the first Texas Medical Center patient to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease (Houston Chronicle - March 15, 2022)

Teen with sickle cell disease becomes first Texas Medical Center patient cured using her own donor cells (Black News Channel - February 15, 2022)

Katy teen becomes first sickle cell disease patient in Texas Medical Center to become her own donor (KPRC 2 - February 9, 2022)

2021

Alemtuzumab as part of conditioning therapy for Graft-Vs-Host Disease in children and young adults (Hematology Advisor - May 5, 2021)

2020

ASTCT leadership course shapes the next generation of change makers (ASTCT - November 20, 2020)

CAR T cell immunotherapy results in patient recovery (Baylor College of Medicine - July 15, 2020)

2019

Gift of life: Baby receives lifesaving donation of cord blood (KPRC 2 - October 24, 2019)

Cancer and Hematology Centers honor staff with Bravo Award (Texas Children's Hospital - May 13, 2019)

Texas Children’s holds radiation exercise (Texas Children's Hospital - May 6, 2019)

Heslop receives lifetime achievement award (Texas Children's Hospital - March 11, 2019)

Marker Therapeutics congratulates Helen E. Heslop, MD, DSc (Hon) on receiving the ASBMT Lifetime Achievement Award (MarketWatch - February 21, 2019)

2018

Patients on Bone Marrow Unit celebrate National Cancer Awareness Month (September 18, 2018 - Texas Children's Hospital)

Bone marrow transplant patient hosts art show of original work (Texas Children's Hospital - June 12, 2018)