SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ITUS Corporation (NASDAQ: ITUS) reminds interested parties that it will be holding a conference call today at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern to discuss the launch of its Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell (CAR-T) cancer therapeutics program. 

After licensing CAR-T technology developed at The Wistar Institute, ITUS entered into a collaboration with the Moffitt Cancer Center, to advance toward human clinical testing, the CAR-T technology aimed initially at Ovarian Cancer, and eventually additional solid tumors.  

Dr. Amit Kumar, President and CEO of ITUS will host the call.  To access the call, please dial (866) 966-5335 five minutes prior to the start time.  A replay of the call will be available at www.ITUScorp.com for 10 days after the call.

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ITUS, a cancer-focused biotechnology company, is harnessing the body's immune system in the fight against cancer.  Its wholly owned subsidiary, Anixa Diagnostics Corporation, is developing the Cchek™ platform, a series of non-invasive blood tests for the early detection of solid tumor based cancers, which is based on the body's immunological response to the presence of a malignancy.  Its majority owned subsidiary, Certainty Therapeutics, Inc., is developing CAR-T based immuno-therapy drugs which genetically engineer a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer.  ITUS also continually examines emerging technologies in complementary or related fields for further development and commercialization.  Additional information is available at www.ITUScorp.com.

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