UCLA Researchers Develop Method to Fix Fuel Shortages in Cancer Immunotherapy

February 27, 2026 09:05:00

Many immunotherapies developed to combat cancer fail because the CAR-T cells become exhausted after being starved of oxygen in the tumor environment. A new preclinical study conducted by a team at UCLA has uncovered a method to deliver needed glucose to immune cells in a way that tumor cells cannot hijack. This offers hope of keeping anti-cancer fighter cells active and deadly to both solid and non-solid tumors. 

This method of tweaking the metabolic pathways delivering energy to fighter immune cells could provide valuable insights to enterprises like Calidi Biotherapeutics Inc. (NYSE American: CLDI) that are currently…

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