On February 23, 2026 Anixa Biosciences, Inc. ("Anixa" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ANIX), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment and prevention of cancer, reported that Jose Conejo-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Immunology in the Department of Integrative Immunobiology at the Duke University School of Medicine and the co-inventor of Anixa’s CAR-T technology, will be a keynote speaker at the South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute 2026 Retreat: Cell-Based Therapies from Discovery to Translation, on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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Dr. Conejo-Garcia’s keynote presentation will include a discussion of Anixa’s ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of liraltagene autoleucel, or lira-cel, which utilizes the FSHR-mediated CAR-T therapy first discovered by Dr. Conejo-Garcia and his team at The Wistar Institute.
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About Lira-cel, Anixa’s CAR-T Therapy for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Liraltagene autoleucel, or lira-cel, uniquely targets the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), which is selectively expressed on ovarian cells, tumor vasculature, and certain cancer cells, but not in healthy tissue. The ongoing Phase 1 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05316129) is enrolling adult women with recurrent ovarian cancer who have progressed after at least two prior therapies.
(Press release, Anixa Biosciences, FEB 23, 2026, View Source [SID1234662838])