The cancer cell therapies available today are made by tweaking a patient’s own immune cells to better recognize and fight the disease. Orca Bio is developing what it says is the next generation of cell therapy: custom preparations made without modifying cells or genes.
Orca is already testing its technology in humans, though it has kept that research mostly under wraps. As the startup prepares to reveal its preliminary findings and ramp up its manufacturing capability, the Menlo Park, CA-based biotech announced on Wednesday the close of $192 million in financing.
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