Today, on World Cancer Day, we are proud to announce the publication of our latest work in Nature Communications! This is the result of 10 years of intensive research conducted by the Cellis and Center of Cellular Immunotherapies at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, which together strive for breakthrough solutions in cancer treatment.

🔬 What do we do?
In our study, we present the innovative Macrophage-Drug Conjugates (MDC) platform and our discovered TRAIN (TRAnsfer of Iron-binding protein) mechanism. Thanks to it, macrophages can effectively deliver anticancer drugs directly to cancer cells – opening a new chapter in the treatment of solid tumors!

💡 This is thanks to an extraordinary team:
Bartłomiej Taciak, Maciej Białasek, Małgorzata Kubiak, Ilona Marszałek, Małgorzata Gorczak, Olha Osadchuk, Daria Kurpiel, Damian Strzemecki, Karolina Barwik, Marcin Skorzyński, Julia Nowakowska, Waldemar Lipiński, Łukasz Kiraga, Jan Brancewicz, Robert Klopfleisch, Łukasz Krzemiński, Emilia Górka, Anna Smolarska, Irena Padzińska-Pruszyńska, Małgorzata Siemińska, Jakub Guzek, Jan Kutner, Marlena Kisiała, Krzysztof Woźniak, Giacomo Parisi, Roberta Piacentini, Luca Cassetta, Lesley M. Forrester, Lubomir Bodnar, Tobias Weiss, Alberto Boffi, Paulina Kucharzewska, Tomasz P. Rygiel & Magdalena Król.

📖 Full publication available here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56637-9 

The publication of this work today is particularly symbolic for us – it is our contribution to the fight against cancer and another step towards modern cell therapies. We thank everyone who contributed to this success!

Published 4.02.2025