Press Releases

Announcing the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center; Celebrating 50 years of Wistar’s National Cancer Institute-Designated Excellence.

The vaccine delivery system uses DNA to encode genetic instruction in vivo, producing a more efficacious immune response.

Engineered to use DNA to instruct cells to make vaccine in vivo and can be stored at room temperature, easily transported to remote locations.

Wistar is a finalist of the STEM Talent Challenge to create a new life science workforce training program to address Pennsylvania industry growth and demand for skilled workers.

They found that EBV uses some of the same proteins as the host cell to express itself, and one of the proteins is already targeted by an existing drug.