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Sponsored Department of Medicine, HKU HK$3 Million for a clinical research project on CAR-T therapy (May 2023 - 2025)

Sponsored Department of Medicine, HKU HK$3 Million for a clinical research project on CAR-T therapy (May 2023 - 2025)

20/8/2024

  • CAR-T cell therapy is the latest technology of cell therapy which can effectively improve the chance of cure by killing cancer cells through the patient’s own immune system.
  • In 2020, the Trust has sponsored Department of Medicine, HKU $3.5 million in support of key staff training for the "Good Manufacturing Practice (“GMP”) Laboratory" to facilitate the development of stem-cell based therapies towards research for clinical trials.