US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia – KING5.com
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US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
KING5.com The Food and Drug Administration said the approval on Wednesday was historic, the first gene therapy to hit the U.S. market. Made from scratch for every patient, it's one of a wave of "living drugs" under development to fight additional blood cancers … First Gene Therapy Treatment Approved in US FDA approves a 'historic' new type of leukemia treatment Leukemia-fighting gene therapy has ups (it usually works) and downs ($475K price, brutal side effects) |
