Press Releases

Synthetic DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies make the recipient’s body the production plant.

PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. 13, 2020) — The Wistar Institute is pleased to welcome Scott Cooper, Ph.D., Richard G. Phillips Jr., Esq., and Steven V. Abramson, to its Board of Trustees. The new trustees bring diverse expertise and perspectives to the mission of the Institute.

Vaccine protects animals against tick-borne Powassan virus, an emerging infectious disease.

IRE-1 inhibitors block a main pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum stress response that supports cell survival under stressful conditions and is important for B cell cancer development.

Role of STING signaling in normal B cell differentiation suggests that reduced STING expression and activation promotes malignant cell survival through increased B cell receptor signaling.