27 January 2026   Despite important investment in biomedical research, the most common malignant adult brain tumor - glioblastoma (GBM) - remains largely refractory to existing treatments. Tumors can evade or suppress immunity through a variety of mechanisms, including antigen heterogeneity and  immunosuppressive signaling. Owing in large part to inter-species differences in the immune system and the tumor microenvironment (extracellular matrix composition, stromal cells beha

24 September 2025   Berkeley-based Prellis Biologics, Inc. , developer of human in vitro antibody generation platform, announces collaboration with Eli Lilly to accelerate the discovery of human antibodies for multiple disease targets.   Prellis’ EXIS™ lymph node platform for target‑specific human antibody generation is a shining example of ingenuity by which several technologies were combined to capture human-relevant physiology.   The traditional method of antibody generat

12 June 2025   Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Parallel Bio announces  it has raised $21 million Series A funding to scale up and automate the production of its immune organoid in vitro platform. This funding round led by AIX Ventures was supported by prominent leaders in AI and biotech, including Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce.   Beyond infections and autoimmune diseases, it is widely recognized that the human immune systems plays a key role in a great number of