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                              February 24, 2021

       Bronson Crouch
       Chief Executive Officer
       Instil Bio, Inc.
       3963 Maple Avenue, Suite 350
       Dallas, TX 75219

                                                        Re: Instil Bio, Inc.
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Submitted February
12, 2021
                                                            CIK 0001789769

       Dear Mr. Crouch:

              We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and
have the following
       comment. In our comment, we may ask you to provide us with information
so we may better
       understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by providing the requested
information and either submitting
       an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your
registration statement on
       EDGAR. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not
       believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.

             After reviewing the information you provide in response to this
comment and your
       amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we
may have additional
       comments.

       Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1

       Prospectus Summary
       Overview, page 1

   1.                                                   We note your response
to prior comment 6 and re-issue. The term "significant" unmet
                                                        medical need similarly
implies that your products are eligible for fast track designation or
                                                        priority review granted
by the FDA for products that treat certain serious unmet medical
                                                        needs. You may state,
if true, that you are targeting indications with "unmet medical
                                                        need."
 Bronson Crouch
Instil Bio, Inc.
February 24, 2021
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3257 with any other questions.



                                                        Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameBronson Crouch
                                                        Division of Corporation
Finance
Comapany NameInstil Bio, Inc.
                                                        Office of Life Sciences
February 24, 2021 Page 2
cc:       Madison A. Jones
FirstName LastName