Dr. Richard Vile

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Understanding CAR-T cell therapy for cancer: Mayo Clinic expert explains how it works

Dr. Richard Vile, a Mayo Clinic immunologist and cancer researcher, explains how CAR-T cell therapy works, including the benefits, risks and realities of treatment.

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7 advances in CAR-T cell therapy at Mayo Clinic

Read about the research being conducted to improve CAR-T cell therapy and expand its capabilities to treat more conditions.

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Unleashing viruses aimed at killing cancer

Richard Vile, Ph.D., is leading research into genetically engineered viruses called oncolytic viruses for cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic.

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Mayo Clinic researchers load CAR-T cells with oncolytic virus to treat solid cancer tumors

Researchers used a new immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-killing virus to more effectively target and treat solid cancer tumors in mouse models.