How Scientists Built a ‘Living Drug’ to Beat Cancer
" CAR-T is often called the “most complex drug ever created,” but it is not really a drug in the traditional sense. Unlike an inert...
Jul 25, 2019
New Experimental Therapy CAR NKT-Cells Tested In Cancer Patients For The First Time
CAR T-cells are becoming somewhat of a household name, but a new phase I trial is, for the first time, using CAR 'NKT' cells, featuring...
May 16, 2019
Pioneering immunotherapy to find and kill elusive cancer cells in children at Lucile Packard Childre
The "remarkably successful" CAR-T cell therapy is giving new hope to the sickest cancer patients. Now, Stanford experts are focusing on...
Feb 13, 2018
Landmark international study: CAR T-cell therapy safe and effective in youth with leukemia
Results of the global, multicenter, pivotal phase 2 study that led to the first FDA approval of a gene therapy/cell therapy approach...
Feb 2, 2018
More hope for kids with even the toughest leukemia cases
We’re sending children to the United States for experimental CAR-T treatment, but it will be coming to Toronto soon. Read more:...
Jan 17, 2018
New treatment for deadly blood cancers expected to be approved soon
Cancer doctors in St. Louis are ready to use a new therapy using a patient’s own blood to fight their disease. The therapy, called CAR-T,...
Aug 22, 2017