The image highlights the bio-inspired protein-based immunotherapy complex repurposed from the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) protein igniting an immunologically cold tumor microenvironment and stimulating the immune cells (bright golden) attacks on tumor cells (dark blue). In our in vivo experiments, intratumoral injections of this protein complex eradicated 70%-100% tumors in mouse models of colon cancer and melanoma with long-term protection from recurrence.  (https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202370148) Credit: Yanpu He and Celestine Hong

Our lab is located on the UBC Point Grey (Vancouver) campus, which sits on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation. We honor the past, present and future Musqueam caretakers of the land and we are grateful to their stewardship.