Abstract: Disclosed herein are therapeutic uses for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a population of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-bearing immune effector cells and an IL-7 protein (e.g., modified IL-7 protein).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of fratricide-resistant chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting antigens expressed by T cell malignancies.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of fratricide-resistant chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting antigens expressed by T cell malignancies.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for mitigating transverse mode instabilities (TMI) in high power fiber amplifiers that does not depend on active feedback loops. The apparatus and method involve the modulation of the amplitude and/or phase of selected spatial mode components of an input signal beam to increase the TMI threshold of the amplifier. Once the desired modal adjustments are made, the beam is input to a mode multiplexer whereupon an optimized output beam can be input to the active fiber of the amplifier system. By increasing the TMI threshold of the amplifier, the amplifier can be operated at higher power before TMI sets in. A control stage of the fiber amplifier system includes (a) a (seed) beam splitting section; (b) an amplitude and phase control component; and (c) a mode multiplexer that maps multiple individual signal beams to different fiber modes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of gene editing, or endogenous suppression, of cytokines/chemokines/transcription factors secreted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-bearing immune effector cell such as CAR-T cells for the mitigation of cytokine release syndrome and/or CAR-T associated neuropathy. These methods involve insertion of the CAR into a locus of a cytokine gene, blocking its expression. Also disclosed herein are (CAR)-bearing immune effector cells with CARs inserted into a locus of a cytokine gene, and methods of treatment of diseases with immunotherapy with a reduced incidence of cytokine release syndrome and/or CAR-T associated neuropathy.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of fratricide-resistant chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting antigens expressed by T cell malignancies.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of fratricide-resistant chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting antigens expressed by T cell malignancies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Q is selected from O or S; R1 is a non-aromatic heterocyclic group comprising at least one ring nitrogen atom, wherein R1 is attached to the sulfur atom of the sulfonylurea group by a ring carbon atom, and wherein R1 may optionally be substituted; and R2 is a cyclic group substituted at the ?-position, wherein R2 may optionally be further substituted. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are genome-edited chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T), which can be derived from a cytotoxic T cells, a viral-specific cytotoxic T cell, memory T cells, or gamma delta (??) T cells, and comprise one or more chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) targeting one or more antigens, wherein the CAR-T cell is deficient in one or more antigens to which the one or more CARs specifically binds. In particular, the present disclosure relates to engineered mono, dual, and tandem chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-bearing T cells (CAR-T) and methods of immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of fratricide-resistant chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting antigens expressed by T cell malignancies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonylureas and sulfonylthioureas comprising a 5-membered heteroaryl group substituted with a monovalent heteroaryl-containing group. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of genome-editing and transduction of T cells and methods of immunotherapy in using them. In particular, the disclosure relates to engineered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-bearing T cells and methods of using the same for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylsulfonylureas and phenylsulfonylthioureas, wherein the phenyl ring is substituted with a monovalent group comprising either (i) an aryl or a heteroaryl group, or (ii) a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, and wherein the group attached to the terminal nitrogen atom of the urea group is a 6-membered cyclic group substituted at the 2- and 4-positions. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by NLRP3 inhibition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Q is selected from O or S; R1 and R3 are each independently hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, or R1 and R3 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a 3- to 12-membered optionally substituted cyclic group; and R2 is a cyclic group substituted at the position, wherein R2 may optionally be further substituted. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): (I) wherein Q is selected from O or S; R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group which may optionally include one or more heteroatoms N, O or S in its carbon skeleton, provided that the hydrocarbyl group includes at least one heteroatom N, O or S in its carbon skeleton or is substituted with a substituent comprising at least one heteroatom N, O or S, and provided that the atom of R1 which is attached to the sulfur atom of the remainder of the molecule is not a ring atom of a cyclic group; R2 is an ?,??-substituted cyclic group which may optionally be further substituted; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, —OH, —NH2, —CN, —R5, —OR5, —NHRs or —N(R5)2; or R3 and R4 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form a 3- to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted cyclic group; and R5 is independently optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl.

Abstract: The present invention provides for certain sulfonyl ureas and related compounds which have advantageous properties and show useful activity in the inhibition of activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders in which the inflammation process, or more specifically the NLRP3 inflammasome, have been implicated as being a key factor.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to, inter alia, natural killer (NK) cells including memory-like and cytokine-induced memory like (CIML) NK cells, methods of making and using them e.g. in the treatment of cancer, increasing anti-tumor properties of NK cells.

Abstract: A sensor may include one or more photonic lanterns, each including a waveguide structure with a single input waveguide at an input end and two or more output waveguides at an output end, where the two or more output waveguides of each of the one or more photonic lanterns are optically decoupled. A distribution of intensities of light exiting two or more output waveguides of each of the one or more photonic lanterns may correspond to a modal decomposition of input light coupled into the input waveguide of the corresponding one of the one or more photonic lanterns. The sensor may further include one or more spectrometers coupled to the two or more output waveguides of the one or more photonic lanterns to provide a wavelength-resolved modal decomposition of the input light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein Q is selected from O or S; R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group optionally including one or more heteroatoms N, O or S; R2 is a cyclic group substituted at the a and a? positions, wherein the substituent at the ?-position is a monovalent heterocyclic group or a monovalent aromatic group, wherein the heterocyclic or aromatic group may optionally be substituted, and wherein the cyclic group may optionally be further substituted; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, —OH, —NH2, —CN, —R5, —OR5, —NHR5 or —N(R5)2; or R3 and R4 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form a 3- to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted cyclic group; and R5 is independently optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonylureas and sulfonylthioureas comprising as-membered nitrogen-containing heteroaryl ring attached to the sulfonyl group, wherein the heteroaryl ring is substituted with at least one group containing an oxygen atom, and wherein said oxygen atom is attached to the heteroaryl ring via at least two other atoms. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.