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Caribou Biosciences Announces Appointment of Terri Laufer, MD, to its Scientific Advisory Board
-- Dr. Laufer is an immunologist advancing the scientific understanding and treatment of autoimmune diseases -- BERKELEY, Calif., July 09, 2024 (GLOBE
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[{"type":"text","content":"-- Dr. Laufer is an immunologist advancing the scientific understanding and treatment of autoimmune diseases -- BERKELEY, Calif., July 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBU), a leading clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Terri Laufer, MD, to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Laufer is a leading rheumatologist known for her extensive research into immune cell regulation and dysfunction that leads to autoimmune diseases. She is an emeritus associate professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an attending rheumatologist at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Philadelphia VA Medical Center. “We are honored to have Dr. Laufer join our scientific advisory board. With a unique background spanning both immunology research and clinical rheumatology, she will provide valuable perspectives on our ongoing GALLOP clinical program evaluating CB-010 in patients with lupus,” said Steve Kanner, PhD, Caribou’s chief scientific officer. “Dr. Laufer's expertise in major histocompatibility complex presentation and development of autoimmunity will be equally instrumental in guiding potential future applications of our cell therapy platform in autoimmune diseases.” Dr. Laufer’s experience includes more than 35 years as a rheumatologist treating patients with autoimmune diseases, including lupus. Her laboratory research focuses on T cell development and major histocompatibility complex (MHC)/human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II-positive antigen presenting cells that mediate responses to pathogens and drive autoimmunity. Dr. Laufer earned her AB degree in biochemistry from Princeton University and an MD at Columbia University, followed by a rheumatology fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and postdoctoral research at Harvard University. “Caribou’s armoring approaches and partial HLA matching strategies for their clinical programs address important immunologic considerations for treating patients with allogeneic CAR-T cell therapies,” said Dr. Laufer. “I look forward to advising Caribou as the company advances the GALLOP Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate CB-010 for lupus nephritis and extrarenal lupus.” About CB-010CB-010 is the lead clinical-stage product candidate from Caribou’s allogeneic...