« FFFT3 Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next

A gene therapy that turns cells into "living drugs" has been approved by the F.D.A. 

By: clo in FFFT3 | Recommend this post (1)
Thu, 19 Oct 17 5:31 AM | 115 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 3
Msg. 37363 of 65535
Jump:
Jump to board:
Jump to msg. #

A gene therapy that turns cells into "living drugs" has been approved by the F.D.A. for adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:24 PM EDT

The new therapy, Yescarta, made by Kite Pharma, was approved for adults with aggressive forms of a blood cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, who have undergone two regimens of chemotherapy that failed.

It is part of the rapidly growing field of immunotherapy, which uses drugs or genetic tinkering to turbocharge the immune system to fight disease. In some cases the treatments have led to long remissions.
Read More »
NYTimes




Avatar

DO SOMETHING!




» You can also:
« FFFT3 Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next