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Kytopen, T-CURX, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI establish a Center of Excellence to develop advanced, non-viral cell therapies. The Center of Excellence will serve as a hub for innovation in non-viral cell therapy development, focusing on scalable, efficient, and clinically robust manufacturing processes.

As part of the recently concluded strategic partnership between the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI and PlasmidFactory GmbH, the Fresenius-led EASYGEN consortium is appearing as a cooperation partner for the first time. The goal of EASYGEN is to establish a faster, more efficient, and virus-free manufacturing process for CAR-T cells directly at the patients' treatment site. For this purpose, the consortium partners will, among other things, utilize the minicircle technology of PlasmidFactory GmbH.

To accelerate the transition of new cell and gene therapies from research to clinical application, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg University Hospital, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI have entered into a strategic partnership.

On February 1, 2026, Dr. Kristin Reiche, Head of the Medical Bioinformatics Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI, was appointed Professor of Digital Molecular Medicine at the Interdisciplinary Transformation University (IT:U).