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Scientists at MD Anderson Cancer Center are testing a breakthrough cell therapy that could finally bring hope to patients with hard-to-treat T-cell lymphoma. The new approach overcomes a major obstacle that previously made this personalized cancer treatment impossible for these patients.
Scientists have discovered that a cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy can stop autoimmune diseases like lupus and multiple sclerosis without the dangerous side effects. Hundreds of patients are already experiencing remarkable recoveries, and the first treatments could be approved next year.
Jurassic Park star Sam Neill has announced he's cancer-free after a groundbreaking CAR T-cell therapy trial eliminated his aggressive blood cancer. The 78-year-old actor is now championing broader access to the revolutionary treatment that saved his life when traditional chemotherapy failed.
Actor Sam Neill is cancer-free after a groundbreaking treatment that turns the body's own immune cells into cancer-fighting superweapons. Scientists say we've only scratched the surface of what's possible.
Six people with severe rheumatoid arthritis that resisted all standard treatments received a groundbreaking immune cell therapy. Three are now completely medication-free after years of uncontrolled pain.
Actor Sam Neill announced he has no cancer in his body, four years after his stage three lymphoma diagnosis nearly ended his life. The Jurassic Park star credits an innovative therapy that genetically modifies blood cells to attack cancer.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center now offers CAR-T therapy, a groundbreaking treatment that reprograms patients' own blood cells to hunt and destroy cancer. It's the only military facility authorized to provide this life-changing care.
Walter Reed becomes the only military hospital authorized to deliver CAR-T therapy, a revolutionary treatment that reprograms patients' own blood cells to hunt and destroy cancer. The breakthrough offers new hope for service members battling lymphoma and leukemia who've run out of options.
Cancer specialists just published the first comprehensive guide to help patients thrive years after groundbreaking CAR-T cell therapy. The new roadmap tackles a crucial gap as more blood cancer patients survive longer than ever before.
A groundbreaking cell therapy has successfully treated stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes severe muscle stiffness and mobility problems. If approved by the FDA this summer, it would become the first treatment for the condition and the first personalized CAR-T therapy for any autoimmune disease.
China has approved the world's first CAR-T cell therapy designed to treat solid tumors, breaking through a barrier that has stumped cancer researchers for decades. The treatment offers new hope for thousands of advanced gastric cancer patients who have run out of options.
Scientists are repurposing a powerful cancer treatment to "reset" the immune systems of people with severe autoimmune diseases, and early results show patients going into complete remission. This breakthrough could transform treatment for millions living with conditions like lupus and multiple sclerosis.
China just approved the first CAR T-cell therapy ever designed to treat solid tumors, offering new hope to advanced gastric cancer patients who've run out of options. This breakthrough could reshape how doctors treat stomach, pancreatic, and other difficult cancers.
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering developed a groundbreaking CAR T cell therapy that targets leukemia while sparing healthy blood cells. The innovation came from studying patients whose cancer went into long-term remission.
Mount Sinai researchers discovered that focused radiation helps CAR-T therapy work better against tough-to-treat solid tumors like lung cancer and melanoma. The breakthrough could make this life-saving treatment safer and more effective for thousands of cancer patients.
Scientists have found a way to use CAR T-cells, already proven to cure some cancers, to slow the devastating effects of ALS by targeting rogue immune cells in the brain. The breakthrough could extend lives and eventually help treat dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Scientists discovered that making cancer cells physically stiffer dramatically improved CAR T-cell therapy results in mice with severe skin cancer. This breakthrough could help save more lives by making one of medicine's most promising cancer treatments even more effective.
Researchers have solved a major puzzle in cancer treatment by learning how to grow helper T cells from stem cells for the first time. The breakthrough could make powerful cancer therapies cheaper and available to millions more patients.
Bristol Myers Squibb reports encouraging results for a cutting-edge therapy helping multiple myeloma patients who've run out of options. The CAR T-cell treatment offers fresh hope for those battling this challenging blood cancer.
A German woman who spent weeks bedridden with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases is now symptom-free after a single treatment with engineered immune cells. She hasn't needed medication since receiving the therapy that doctors called her "last chance."
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