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Calreticulin mutant protein (mutCALR) binds and activates thrombopoietin receptor (TpoR) and results in the display of the mutCALR-TpoR complex on the extracellular membrane of disease-driving cells, thus exposing a therapeutic vulnerability. Here, we present a chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T cell) therapy that specifically targets mutCALR+ cells, both in vitro and in vivo. The CAR T cell therapy selectively depleted mutCALR+ stem cells in samples from patients with myelofibrosis without affecting healthy stem cells and improved survival in mutCALR leukemia xenograft models. To mimic myelofibrotic marrow, we developed a human \u201cchimeroid\u201d model and showed no decrease in the potency of CAR T cell\u2013mediated target cell killing even in a fibrotic TME. We also devised a method to boost the cell surface expression of mutCALR in CD34+ cells isolated from patients with accelerated\/blast phase MPNs (defined as &gt;10% blasts in the peripheral blood or bone marrow), enhancing CAR T cell targeting. 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