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Taylor Prize awarded to LIT Scientific Advisory Board member Carl H. June

The 2025 Taylor Prize is dedicated to the transformative potential of cell-based immunotherapy. As Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, in its award announcement says, Prof. Carl H. June’s work is “advancing our understanding of immune-based treatments and reshaping the possibilities of human health”. The Taylor Prize is one of Canada’s most prestigious medical research prizes and includes a cash award of 50,000 U.S. dollars.

Taylor International Prize in Medicine

  • Date Published

    October 20, 2025

Prof. Carl H. June is internationally recognized as a pioneer of CAR T-cell therapy, which is approved for multiple blood cancers today. But the potential goes far beyond that: As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, June is advancing CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors and autoimmune diseases as well.

The 2025 Taylor Prize highlights the transformative potential of cell-based immunotherapy and recognizes June’s contributions as follows: “His groundbreaking work has inspired scientists across the globe and offers new hope for patients facing life-threatening diseases.” The J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine has been given annually since 1985 by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Robarts Research Institute.

CAR T-cell therapy uses engineered cells – known as “living drugs” – to reprogram a patient’s own immune cells to recognize and destroy cancer. June’s pioneering work has saved countless lives around the world. His research even led to the first pediatric success story in 2012, when a young patient with aggressive leukemia achieved lasting remission through CAR T-cell therapy.

June has received numerous awards to date. On November 25, Carl June will be acknowledged at the Taylor Prize Dinner for his transformative work in basic sciences, translational research, and innovation in medicine.

Congratulations and thank you for all the contributions made to our scientific work at LIT!

Find out more about the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, the 2025 Taylor Prize laureate, as well as more information and a short video about Carl H. June and his immunotherapy success story.

 

The 2025 Taylor Prize laureate and LIT Scientific Advisory Board member Prof. Carl H. June © University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine