Ep. 111: “Synthetic Immunology” Featuring Dr. Daniel Goodman
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Guest:
Dr. Daniel Goodman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where his lab researches high-throughput approaches to engineer the immune system. He talks about new technologies for immune cell engineering, and methods for screening and developing CAR T therapies. (47:30 )
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