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Using the immune system's own cells to attack brain cancer
Manage episode 408303396 series 5409
In this small study, brain cancer tumours shrank rapidly in the first few days when treated with chimeric antigen receptor, or CAR, T cells injected into the fluid around the brain.
While some tumours returned in time, Dr Marcela Maus, from Harvard Medical School, says it's a proof of concept that requires further study.
1253 episodes
Manage episode 408303396 series 5409
In this small study, brain cancer tumours shrank rapidly in the first few days when treated with chimeric antigen receptor, or CAR, T cells injected into the fluid around the brain.
While some tumours returned in time, Dr Marcela Maus, from Harvard Medical School, says it's a proof of concept that requires further study.
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