Provided herein are binding molecules, such as those that recognize or bind a peptide epitope of a cancer antigen, such as expressed on a cancer cell, including cells infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) or that contain HPV DNA sequences and/or those that recognize or bind a peptide epitope of HPV 16 E6 or E7, in the context of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule. Among the provided binding molecules are T cell receptors (TCRs) or antibodies, including antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind or recognize such peptide epitopes. The present disclosure further relates to engineered cells comprising such binding molecules, e.g., TCRs or antibodies (and chimeric antigen receptors containing the antibodies), and uses thereof in adoptive cell therapy.

The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering to the patient a composition comprising CAR T cells and a small molecule linked to a targeting moiety by a linker. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use in such methods.

The present disclosure relates to methods for using BCMA-specific binding molecules (such as a BCMA-specific chimeric antigen receptor or antibody) in combination with ?-secretase inhibitors, which can be done concurrently or sequentially, to treat or prevent a B-cell related proliferative disease, such as a cancer or autoimmune disease, or the like. A BCMA-specific binding molecule in combination with ?-secretase inhibitor can be used in, for example, adoptive immunotherapy.

Provided herein are safe harbor loci that can be utilized as sites for genetic modification. Safe harbor loci of the disclosure are shown to support sustained transgene expression with minimal silencing, and minimal impact on local or global gene expression. Safe harbor loci disclosed herein can be used in various genetic and cell engineering applications.

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of immunology, and particularly relates to hybrid chimeric antigen receptors designed to combine fast time-scale intracellular signal transduction and long time-scale transcription regulation. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods useful for producing such receptors, nucleic acids encoding same, host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids, as well as methods for modulating an activity of a cell and/or for the treatment of various health conditions or diseases, such as cancers.

The invention provides improved T cell compositions and methods for manufacturing T cells. More particularly, the invention provides methods of T cell manufacturing that result in adoptive T cell immunotherapies with improved survival, expansion, and persistence in vivo.

The invention provides a chimeric receptor comprising NKG2D, DAP10 and CD3 zeta. Also disclosed is a composition comprising this chimeric receptor and methods for making and using it to enhance the cytotoxicity and antitumor capacity of NK cells. The invention also encompasses methods for use of NKG2D-DAP10-CD3 zeta polypeptides, vectors and cells in methods for treating cancer and other proliferative disorders, as well as infectious diseases.

The present disclosure provides methods for treating Covid-related lung fibrosis or rectal cancer in a subject. Also disclosed herein are methods for delaying or mitigating the effects of aging in a subject in need thereof. The methods of the present technology comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of engineered immune cells that express a uPAR-specific chimeric antigen receptor.

Disclosed is a genetically modified oncolytic herpes simplex virus (oHISV) encoding a truncated nonsignaling variant of at least one tumor associated/specific antigen, and at least one chemokine. The expression of the truncated nonsignaling variant and the chemokine is under the control of an immediate-early gene promoter of HSV, and the truncated nonsignaling variant is expressed and presented on a tumor cell surface as a biomarker upon replication of the oHSV in the tumor cell, and the chemokine is expressed and released to induce chemotaxis of an immune cell towards the tumor cell. The genetically modified oHSV can be used in combination with CAR-T, ADC, and/or BiTE therapies.

The present invention is directed to a humanized BCMA single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising V.sub.H having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and V.sub.L having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5. The present invention is also directed to a BCMA chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain. This humanized BCMA-CAR-T cells have specific killing activity against BCMA-positive tumor cells.