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Unum: Universal chimeras
How Unum aims to broaden use of T cell therapies and improve their safety
October 27, 2014 7:00 AM UTC
Unum Therapeutics Inc.'s ACTR platform offers an approach for generating controllable T cell therapies that could be safer and applicable to a broader range of cancers than CAR- and TCR-based immunotherapies.
The company debuted last week with a $12 million series A round co-led by Atlas Venture and Fidelity Biosciences. The round will fund Phase I testing of a lead ACTR T cell therapeutic that binds to a marketed antibody...