BOSTON, Aug. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) today announced that Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Ziopharm, will participate in a webcast fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley 17^th Annual Global Healthcare Conference in New York on September 9, 2019, beginning at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time.

To access the live webcast or the subsequent archived recording, visit the "Investors" section of the Ziopharm website at www.ziopharm.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay on the Company's website for 14 days.

About Ziopharm Oncology, Inc.
Ziopharm Oncology is an immuno-oncology company focused on developing end-to-end cost-effective solutions using its non-viral Sleeping Beauty platform for TCR and CAR T-cell therapies and immune-stimulating gene therapy with Controlled interleukin 12 (IL-12). The Sleeping Beauty platform genetically modifies T cells with DNA plasmids to express T-cell receptors (TCRs) to target neoantigens inside and outside hotspots for solid tumors and chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to target CD19 for blood cancers using the Company's "rapid personalized manufacturing" to produce CAR-T within two days of gene transfer. The Sleeping Beauty platform is being advanced in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Eden BioCell. The Company also is developing its Controlled IL-12 platform, or Ad-RTS-hIL-12 plus veledimex, as monotherapy and in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat brain cancer, including in collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Company Contact:
Chris Taylor
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
617-502-1881
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