Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind to Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that specifically bind to FLT3, and engineered immune cells expressing such CARs (e.g. FLT3-specific CAR-T cells). The invention also provides making such antibodies, CARs, and engineered immune cells. The invention also provides using such antibodies, CARs, and engineered immune cells, for example for the treatment of a condition associated with malignant cells expressing FLT3 (e.g., cancer).

Provided herein are CD79b antibodies and CD79b-specific chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Further provided herein are immune cells expressing the CD79b-specific CARs and methods of treating cancer by administering the CD79b-specific CAR immune cells.

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating T cell lymphomas and leukemias. In certain aspects, the compositions and methods include CAR T cells targeting CD2, CD5, or CD7 and modified cells wherein CD2, CD5, or CD7 has been knocked-out.

An enriched population of modified lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecular species being: devoid of phosphate group at position C1 of the reducing end of their lipid A domain; and substituted at position C6′ of the non-reducing end of their lipid A domain by a hydrophilic moiety, with the proviso that the hydrophilic moiety is not a hydroxyl group. Also, compositions that include the enriched population of modified LPS and uses of naturally-occurring LPS molecular species and/or enriched population of modified LPS molecular species for treating and/or preventing cancer, inflammatory diseases or infectious diseases, and for stimulating an immune response or vaccinating a subject.

Disclosed herein is a genetically-modified cell comprising in its genome a modified human T cell receptor alpha constant region gene, wherein the cell has reduced cell-surface expression of the endogenous T cell receptor. The present disclosure further relates to methods for producing such a genetically-modified cell, and to methods of using such a cell for treating a disease in a subject.

The present disclosure provides transgenic cells that express memory dimeric antigen receptors (mDARs), where the mDAR constructs comprise a JAK-STAT intracellular region having a cytokine receptor intracellular region which includes Box 1 and Box 2 motifs for binding a Janus kinase (JAK) which can play a role in JAK-STAT cellular signaling pathway to induce effector cell activation and proliferation. In one embodiment, the JAK-STAT intracellular region further comprises a CD3zeta intracellular signaling region having an intact ITAM region, or having ITAM 1 and 3, or having only ITAM 3 with a partial deletion. Transgenic cells expressing the mDAR constructs exhibit potent cytotoxicity, and release reduced levels of cytokines, compared to traditional DARs that lack a cytokine receptor intracellular region. The mDAR constructs have antibody-like properties as they bind specifically to a target antigen. Transgenic cells expressing the mDAR constructs can be used for directed cell therapy.

The present invention provides compositions comprising an anti-CD7 chimeric activating receptor (CAR) and an anti-CD7 protein expression blocker, and methods of using such compositions in cancer therapy.

The present invention is related to novel methods for detecting and reducing cancer cell central nervous system colonization and methods of treating subjects having cancers that colonize in the central nervous system.

Therapeutic methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and myelofibrosis, are described. In certain embodiments, the invention includes therapeutic methods of treating a MPN using a combination of a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II) with a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of a JAK inhibitor, an IDH inhibitor, a PD-1 inhibitor, a PD-L1 inhibitor, a PD-L2 inhibitor, an interferon, a PI3K inhibitor, an AKT inhibitor, an mTOR inhibitor, a nucleoside analog, and combinations thereof.