A baby girl with aggressive leukaemia has become the first in the world to be treated with designer immune cells that were genetically engineered to wipe out her cancer.
The one-year-old, Layla Richards, was given months to live after conventional treatments failed to eradicate the disease, but she is now cancer free and doing well, a response one doctor described as
“almost a miracle”.
Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London treated the girl two months ago and stressed that it could be
more than a year before they know for sure whether the therapy has cured the disease, or simply delayed its progression.
Ref: guardian.com
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