Immunooncology spinout Neoleukin Therapeutics is working on a safer, synthetic replica of a T-cell-boosting protein called interleukin-2.
University of Washington has officially unveiled US-based spinout Neoleukin Therapeutics to commercialise an immunooncology drug that will aim to bolster the patient’s T-cell receptors, GeekWire reported yesterday.
Founded in November 2018, Neoleukin is aiming to develop a synthetic version of an immuno-stimulating protein called interleukin-2 (IL-2) that enhances the patient’s T-cell receptors so that they can detect and destroy malignant cancerous cells.
IL-2 is already prescribed for its cytotoxic – cancer killing – properties in melanoma and renal cell…
