Catherine Bladen, PhD

Catherine Bladen, PhD, Vice President, Regional Executive and Principal Advisor, Vector Laboratories.

Articles by Catherine Bladen, PhD

Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, remains largely unresponsive to today’s clinically proven immunotherapies. Credit: Stock.Adobe.com/freshidea.

Despite decades of progress in cancer immunotherapy, glioblastoma remains largely resistant due to blood-brain barrier constraints, tumor heterogeneity, and an immunosuppressive microenvironment; advances in recombinant antibody engineering—including multispecific formats, nanobody fusions, and Fc optimization—are emerging as potential strategies to address these long-standing biological and translational barriers.