Parker Foundation Launches $250M Collaborative Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

Apr 13, 2016

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This article has been updated with information from a press conference.

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The Parker Foundation announced today that it has founded the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy with a $250 million grant, to bring together six cancer centers that will collaborate to develop immune therapies.

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