Module: 1
Sponsoring Program: BMS
Administrator: Priscilla Pereira

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: BMS 270
Course Name: Immune Cell Engineering
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Justin Eyquem

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Other Faculty: Kole Roybal, Julia Carnevale, Arun Wiita, Rachel Rutishauser, Qizhi Tang, Bryan Shy, Kyle Cromer, Oscar Aguilar
Dates: April 1-12
Campus: PH
Location: CS-1102 & 1103
Schedule: M-F, 9:00am-11:00am
Minimum Class Size: 4
Maximum Class Size: 12

Cell-based therapy, which involves the administration of cells as living agents to fight disease, has in recent years experienced explosive growth in clinical deployment. These include the successful treatment of lymphoid cancers using adoptive cell transfer of genetically reprogrammed CAR T cells or the recent FDA approval of CRISPR-edited Hematopoietic Stem Cell the treatment of Beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease.