CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
August 2023—OncoHost has signed an option agreement with BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Be’er Sheva, Israel), to receive a license for a novel biosensing technology called IcAR, or Immuno-checkpoint Artificial Reporter, developed by researchers from BGU. IcAR biosensing technology measures the binding functionality of PD-1 ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, to their receptor, PD-1. The researchers found that assessing the functionality of PD-1 ligands was an effective predictor of identifying who will positively respond to anti-PD-1 treatment.
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