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Fibrolamellar Carcinoma Cell Line Derivation and Characterization

Goal: Model development Principal Investigator: Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD Grant length: One year Study overview: Cell line models and patient-derived xenographs (PDXs) are important tools that researchers can use to study disease. For FLC research to move forward, stable, reliable, patient-derived cell lines that truly represent the human disease are needed. While multiple FLC models have …

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A therapeutic cancer vaccine plus ipilimumab and nivolumab for fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FLC)

Goal: Assess potential to induce immune response with a FLC therapeutic vaccine Principal Investigator: Mark Yarchoan, MD and Marina Baretti, MD Grant length: Two years Study overview: This grant allows Dr. Mark Yarchoan and Dr. Marina Baretti of Johns Hopkins University to keep JHU’s successful “peptide vaccine” clinical trial open to enrollment by fibrolamellar patients.  …

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