Nkarta to Present Preclinical Data from Engineered NK Cell Platform at the American Association for Cancer Research 2022 Annual Meeting

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX), a biopharmaceutical company developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies to treat cancer, today announced that it will present four posters at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting to be held April 8 to 13, 2022.

Abstracts are now available on the AACR website, www.aacr.org. Posters will be made available electronically on April 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET on the AACR e-poster website.

Presented jointly with CRISPR Therapeutics:

Title: CBLB, CISH and CD70 multiplexed gene knockout with CRISPR/Cas9 enhances cytotoxicity of CD70-CAR NK cells and provides greater resistance to TGF-β for cancer immunotherapy
Session Category: Immunology
Session Title: Preclinical Immunotherapy
Abstract Number: 5512

Nkarta presentations:

Title: Surveying surface antigen expression in multiple myeloma preclinical models
Session Category: Tumor Biology
Session Title: Nonclinical Models of Cancer
Abstract Number: 6004

Title: Development of multiomics approaches to evaluate NKG2D ligand dynamics and anti-tumor immune responses during CAR-NK treatment
Session Category: Clinical Research Excluding Trials
Session Title: Immuno-oncology
Abstract Number: 5187

Title: Immune masking strategies to extend the pharmacokinetics of allogeneic cell therapies
Session Category: Immunology
Session Title: Preclinical Immunotherapy
Abstract Number: 5511

About Nkarta
Nkarta is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the development of allogeneic, off-the-shelf natural killer (NK) cell immunotherapies for cancer patients. By combining its cell expansion and cryopreservation platform with proprietary cell engineering technologies and CRISPR-based genome engineering capabilities, Nkarta is building a pipeline of future cell therapies engineered for deep anti-tumor activity and intended for broad access in the outpatient treatment setting. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.nkartatx.com.

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These and other risks are described more fully in Nkarta’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the “Risk Factors” section of Nkarta’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2021, and Nkarta’s other documents subsequently filed with or furnished to the SEC. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Except to the extent required by law, Nkarta undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

Nkarta Media/Investor Contact:
Greg Mann
Nkarta, Inc.
gmann@nkartatx.com