Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’::undefined

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    9 months ago

    This sounds a lot like CAR-T therapy, but for solid tumors? Cool

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      9 months ago

      In CAR-T they are actually altering your cells but this therapy sounds like they are just relying on finding the right immune cell and amplifying it. Similar approaches to the same outcome.