Dr. Steven Burakoff Joins Cell Source, Inc.'s Scientific Advisory Board
June 29, 2015 at 07:32 pm IST
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Cell Source, Inc. announced that Dr. Steven Burakoff, Director of the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Professor of Cancer Medicine and Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has joined its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Burakoff was Chair of Pediatric Oncology and served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Chaired the Advisory Committee on Immunology and Immunotherapy of the American Cancer Society. Dr. Burakoff has served as a consultant to Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb and Hoffman Laroche and was on the Board of Directors of Genzyme Corporation when it was acquired by Sanofi-Aventis in 2011.
Cell Source, Inc. is a cell therapy company focused on immunotherapy. The Company is primarily focused on the development of immune system management technology (Veto Cell technology). Its lead prospective product is its Veto Cell immune system management technology. Its Veto Cell technology is an immune tolerance biotechnology that enables the selective blocking of immune responses. Its Veto Cell technology is in pre-clinical phase, and its data shows that it provides results in allogeneic (donor-derived) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) by allowing for haploidentical stem cell transplants under a mild conditioning regimen. Its product pipeline includes chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies, which include VETO CAR-T (with or without HSCT) for B-cell malignancies, Veto Cell kidney transplants, VETO CAR-T for solid tumors, Veto Cell liver transplants, and Veto HSCT for non-malignant disorders. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary is Cell Source Limited (CSL).