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New tenant Ematics Cell Therapy opens in former Weatherford building, aims to treat cancer with engineered cell therapies
Summary
Ematics Cell Therapy held a ribbon-cutting at the Weatherford building on Murphy Road; the company said it uses a patient's white blood cells and genetic engineering to target cancer cells.
A new biotech tenant, Ematics Cell Therapy, held a ribbon-cutting at the former Weatherford Farms building on Murphy Road in Stafford, the Stafford Weekly News reported.
The broadcast summarized the company’s therapy approach: technicians take a patient’s white blood cells and use genetic engineering to enable those cells to fight cancer cells. “They take a patient's white blood cells and use a form of genetic engineering to help those cells fight cancer cells, and it has proven very effective,” the broadcast said.
The broadcast did not provide regulatory approvals, clinical trial data, employer size, or on-site operational details for Ematics. No funding sources, investment amounts or local hiring projections were provided in the report.
