Engineered immune cells produce complete response in child with an aggressive leukemia

Monday, December 10, 2012 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

By reprogramming a 7-year-old girl’s own immune cells to attack an aggressive form of childhood leukemia, a pediatric oncologist has achieved a complete response in his patient, who faced grim prospects when she relapsed after conventional treatment.

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