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Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’::undefined

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[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 2 points 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.