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A bedridden woman with three life-threatening autoimmune conditions walked out of bed just one week after receiving a groundbreaking cell therapy treatment. Eleven months later, she's "perfectly fine" and living without medication.
Doctors in Buffalo are reprogramming patients' immune cells to fight autoimmune diseases the same way they fight cancer. The one-time treatment could replace lifelong medications for millions living with lupus, MS, and rheumatoid arthritis.
A therapy that fights cancer is being adapted to treat lupus, MS, and other autoimmune diseases affecting nearly one in 10 Americans. Researchers at Roswell Park aim to replace lifelong medications with a single infusion.
Blood cancer patients in Kansas can now access a one-time therapy that could replace lifelong chemotherapy cycles. The breakthrough CAR T-cell treatment genetically modifies patients' own immune cells to fight cancer.
A breakthrough treatment originally designed for cancer is giving hope to over 5 million Indians living with autoimmune diseases. CAR T-cell therapy is helping patients with lupus and arthritis reduce lifelong medications by resetting their faulty immune systems.
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.
Peter Jefferies prepared a PowerPoint for his own funeral when doctors said his aggressive lymphoma was untreatable. A groundbreaking CAR T-cell therapy developed in Wellington gave him his life back.
A groundbreaking cancer therapy developed in Wellington is putting dying patients into long-term remission and could be available publicly by 2027. The treatment offers hope to families who previously had to raise millions for overseas care.
Patients with a debilitating muscle disease saw symptoms nearly disappear after just six weeks of treatment—and the relief lasted a full year. The breakthrough could transform care for multiple autoimmune conditions.
A revolutionary therapy originally designed to fight blood cancer is helping people with severe lupus and other autoimmune diseases achieve remission. Early results show the treatment can reprogram the immune system instead of just suppressing it.
The FDA just granted breakthrough status to a promising new CAR T-cell therapy designed to fight aggressive blood cancers. This designation could speed up access to a treatment that harnesses the immune system's power to target previously hard-to-treat malignancies.