T-cell immunotherapy tied to 10-year remission in two leukemia patients, study finds
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Two people with leukemia achieved remission over a decade after being infused with CAR-T cells, immune cells that had been modified in a lab, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this approach could be a long-term therapy for leukemia -- and some researchers describe it as a possible cure.
Chimeric antigen receptor or CAR-T cell therapy may be a "curative regimen" for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to the researchers, who announced their findings in a news briefing this week. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia accounts for about a quarter of new cases of leukemia.
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