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I'm currently developing T-Cell Engagers for solid tumors.  They are "eat me" signals that attach to cancer cells kill them.  It is a very simple concept but can easily kill someone if they bind to normal cells.

We make T-Cell Engagers that are inactive until they get to the tumor, reducing toxicity.

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Would this treatment be effective for all stage of cancer or would it be less effective once you reach a certain stage? Both my parents found they had cancer at stage 4 and it was too late for most treatments to be effective for them and they passed away. Hence my interest in cancer treatments.

Almost all solid tumors, just need to have the target expressed on the tumor cell surface

Would this kind of treatment be viable for all kind of cancers or more suited for just some kind of cancers?

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so cool! Wait if not activated what is the half-life? Could this be given in anticipation of a tumor formation?

We’re still working on question one…for now we use broad protease activated linkers but that’s actually what I’m working on. 

Seems to work on any solid tumor where the target is expressed on the cell surface.  

Once activated the half-life is short (safety benefit) but once T Cells are doing their thing there is kind of a chain reaction.  Not quite sure how it all works

OOH I have some questions:
Do all tumor types produce the right proteases necessary to activate the T-Cell engager?

Are there any tumorigenic cancers this can't work on for other reasons? 

How long do they linger in the body? Can they be recycled after the tumor dies and attach to a new tumor?

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My brother that's a middle school science teacher would think this is interesting

/science is pretty cool!  

We’re using the immune system to kill cancer

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follow up, how do they know when they’ve found the tumor?

IV injection, they just go through the body until they find the tumor and the half targeting the tumor binds to it!

Very cool.

Now do they get to the tumor?

thank you for doing what you do! 
is this treatment effective for all types of cancer , or just a few for now?

Still in clinical trials.

Great question, proteases involved in cancer progression activate the drug, without those proteases and cancer cells it is inactive.

how do you ensure that the t cell engagers remain inactive until they reach target? is this type of treatment available to everyone, or is it still being tested?

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It really is!  Utilizing the existing t-cell in your body to kill cancer