KSQ-001EX is an experimental engineered immune-cell therapy from KSQ Therapeutics, in phase 1 trials for melanoma, lung cancer and head and neck cancer.
KSQ-001EX is an autologous CRISPR/Cas9-engineered tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (eTIL) therapy from KSQ Therapeutics. Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes with the SOCS1 gene switched off by CRISPR/Cas9, which the company says improves their anti-tumour activity, engraftment and persistence. Its phase 1/2 study (NCT06237881) is active but not recruiting; the company presented first-in-human phase 1 results at AACR in April 2026. Whether it works in people has not been established.
Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes with the SOCS1 gene switched off by CRISPR/Cas9, which the company says improves their anti-tumour activity, engraftment and persistence. Connects to SOCS1.
1.KSQ-001EX slips into a pocket on SOCS1.
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Shares Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Melanoma and the tag pipeline.
Shares Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Melanoma and the tag pipeline.
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