Design of CD40 agonists and their use in growing B cells for cancer immunotherapy.

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Published in Int Rev Immunol on August 01, 2012

Authors

Richard S Kornbluth1, Mariusz Stempniak, Geoffrey W Stone

Author Affiliations

1: Multimeric Biotherapeutics, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA. rkornbluth@multimericbio.com

Associated clinical trials:

MTD Study of Vaccine BP-GMAX-CD1 Plus AP1903 to Treat Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer | NCT00868595

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