Penn Medicine, CHOP, First Lady Jill Biden, Cynthia Telles, PhD, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica in Costa Rica for Ceremony (IMAGE)

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Penn Medicine, CHOP, First Lady Jill Biden, Cynthia Telles, PhD, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica in Costa Rica for Ceremony

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Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), who together pioneered research and development of the world’s first personalized cellular therapy for cancer — CAR T cell therapy — have announced plans with Costa Rica’s CCSS, or the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Social Security Program), to facilitate CAR T research in Costa Rica. Two Memoranda of Understanding were announced during a ceremony attended by First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday, May 22, at the National Children’s Hospital in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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