Children’s Opens New Cutting-Edge Marcus Center for Cellular Therapy

ATLANTA (Oct. 30, 2025) – Thanks to a significant grant from the late Bernie Marcus and The Marcus Foundation, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta announced the opening of the Marcus Center for Cellular Therapy. Through cutting-edge clinical trials, the center will facilitate the manufacturing and delivery of cellular and gene therapies, which are some of the most novel treatments available to patients with diseases resistant to standard care protocols. Children’s anticipates the lab will significantly shorten wait times for cellular and gene therapy by allowing patients to receive the therapies in-house at Arthur M. Blank Hospital, and that it will help expedite Children’s-led research examining new uses for cellular and gene therapy.

“We want to express our sincere gratitude to the late Bernie Marcus and The Marcus Foundation for the Marcus Center for Cellular Therapy,” said Doug Graham, MD, PhD, Chief of the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. “We also want to thank The Marcus Foundation on behalf of our patients who will benefit from this center, as well as our researchers who will now be able to develop ideas and deliver them directly to our patients. The center is the one of the only labs for pediatrics in the country offering a full range of cellular therapy treatments for a broad spectrum of diseases – not just cancer.”

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