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In Vivo article on the commercialization of functional precision medicine

This In Vivo feature examines the competitive landscape in functional precision medicine, including elive™, and the barriers limiting access. Elephas Chief Scientific Officer Hinco Gierman, PhD, discusses our approach.

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Overview of elive™ index poster presented at ASCO 2026

This video walks through our poster presented at ASCO 2026. The poster presents the latest data on the elive platform using routine core needle and forceps biopsies across multiple tumor types and clinical sites. Using live tumor fragments, we developed the elive index, a binary cytokine-based classifier of ex vivo ICI response. In a validation cohort, the elive index correctly predicted clinical benefit in 93% of patients and identified platform responders among patients negative for approved ICI biomarkers. 

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Overview of tumor fragment cytokine profiling poster presented at AACR IO 2026

This video provides an overview of our poster presented at AACR IO 2026. This poster characterizes cytokine responses to single agent and combination immune checkpoint inhibitors beyond PD-1 in live tumor fragments generated from resections and core needle biopsies, revealing that unique cytokine signatures are observed for individual tumor specimens, regardless of treatment condition.

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elive™ characterizes immunotherapy response in live tumor fragments from patient biopsies

We describe our ex vivo platform for assessing immune checkpoint inhibitor response using live tumor tissue while preserving large areas of the contiguous native tumor microenvironment.  Using a sequential treatment strategy, we mitigate tumor heterogeneity challenges exacerbated when tissue amount is scarce.

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elive™ Edge: An automated cutting instrument used to produce live tumor fragments for the assessment of immunotherapy response ex vivo

This white paper introduces elive™ Edge, an automated cutting instrument used to precisely cut clinically relevant tissue form factors, such as core needle biopsies (CNBs), while preserving large contiguous areas of the native tumor microenvironment (TME).

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A novel sequential treatment strategy to address tissue scarcity and mitigate heterogeneity in live tumor fragments generated from core needle biopsies

This white paper demonstrates that elive™ Method is an effective approach for measuring cytokine response to immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) from live tumor fragments (LTFs) in a setting where tissue amount is limited, such as in core needle biopsies (CNBs).

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Encapsulation of live tumor fragments in elive™ Gel preserves the native tumor microenvironment during ex vivo culture

This white paper presents data demonstrating that elive™ Gel, a proprietary hydrogel, preserves features of the native tumor microenvironment (TME)
in live tumor fragments (LTFs) during ex vivo culture.

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Overview of elive™ Method poster presented at ASCO 2025

Evaluating a live CNB presents two distinct challenges: 1) limited tissue and 2) intra-tumor heterogeneity. elive™ Method addresses these challenges using a sequential treatment strategy rather than a traditional cross-well comparison. Watch this video walkthrough of a poster explaining the sequential treatment strategy.  
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