Nao Ikegaki, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
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Interests
The biology of neuroblastoma, a pediatric solid tumor that develops in the peripheral nervous system
About
As well documented, the long-term survival rate of patients with unfavorable neuroblastoma has remained consistently below 50% for three decades, despite receiving multimodal high-intensity chemotherapy. Currently, I have focused my research on immunotherapy for this disease. With the goal of improving treatment outcomes and survival rates for all high-risk neuroblastoma patients, I am focusing on both antibody-mediated approaches and engineered adoptive cell therapies to combat the disease.