2024 Face of Hope: Carolina BioOncology Institute

Since 2005, patients with late-stage cancer have been seeking rapid enrollment access at Carolina BioOncology Institute for innovative immunotherapy trials, sometimes years before these treatments are widely available. Dr. John Powderly, MD founded Carolina BioOncology Institute with a passion to help serve the cancer community as the only independent Phase 1 clinical trial clinic in the region for cancer care. Dr. Powderly’s team has grown to over 45 staff members, including clinicians Neel Gandhi, MD and Sherene Banawan, PA to support its expansion. Incubated within Carolina BioOncology Institute is a Human Applications Lab called BioCytics, Inc. BioCytics is developing individualized cell therapies known as autologous adaptive immune cell therapy. This pioneering research is currently in the pre-clinical phase and has been part of Dr. Powderly’s vision for over 20 years.

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