CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: TCRR), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing the next generation of novel T cell therapies for patients suffering from cancer, today announced that it will present a poster at the 2020 Keystone Symposia Conference on Emerging Cellular Therapies: Cancer and Beyond, taking place February 8-10, 2020 in Banff, Canada. The presentation will highlight allogeneic (off-the-shelf) T Cell Receptor Fusion Constructs (TRuC®) T cells. In addition to utilizing TCR2’s proprietary TRuC-T cell platform, the approach employs CRISPR/Cas9 endonucleases yielding fully functional TRuCs that lack alloreactivity and upregulate activation markers, secrete cytokines and kill tumor cells in an antigen-specific manner.
Presentation details are as follows:
Title: Engineering Off-the-Shelf T Cell Receptor Fusion Construct (TRuC®) T Cells
Poster: 2002
Session Title: Q2: Engineering the Genome
Session Date/Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm M.S.T.
About TCR2 Therapeutics
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing the next generation of novel T cell therapies for patients suffering from cancer. TCR2’s proprietary T cell receptor (TCR) Fusion Construct T cells (TRuC®-T cells) specifically recognize and kill cancer cells by harnessing signaling from the entire TCR, independent of human leukocyte antigens (HLA). In preclinical studies, TRuC-T cells have demonstrated superior anti-tumor activity compared to chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells), while exhibiting lower levels of cytokine release. The Company’s lead TRuC-T cell product candidate, TC-210, is currently being studied in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial to treat patients with mesothelin-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ovarian cancer, malignant pleural/peritoneal mesothelioma, and cholangiocarcinoma. For more information about TCR2, please visit www.tcr2.com.
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Investor and Media Contact:
Carl Mauch
Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
(617) 949-5667
carl.mauch@tcr2.com