Jamie Blundell
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Jamie Blundell
@jamie-blundell.bsky.social
Evolution, cancer, immunology, math(s)
Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research
University of Cambridge
blundelllab.com
Thank you Vijay!
January 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This idea -- Somatic variants as an in vivo saturation mutagenesis screen — opens up so many opportunities too. # cells >> # people, so you get more statistical power and you preserve cell context (i.e. specific to T-cells here). They have opened up the world of somatic, tissue specific GWAS…
December 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
For me it is "Naturally occurring T cell mutations enhance engineered T cell therapies"

The idea is so simple: use naturally occurring somatic mutations as an in vivo screen. Evolution finds mutations that improve T-cell persistence and survival which would not have been discovered with CRISPR.
Naturally occurring T cell mutations enhance engineered T cell therapies - Nature
A study examines the effects of mutations that occur naturally in T cell cancers, reporting that such mutations can potentially be exploited to increase the potency of T cell therapies.
www.nature.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Landmark moment for early cancer detection 🤩👏👏👏
November 29, 2024 at 12:57 PM