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Teen first in Virginia to receive cancer gene therapy in UVA clinical trial – wtkr.com

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2017-09-29 NEWS

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Teen first in Virginia to receive cancer gene therapy in UVA clinical trial
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A teenager in Virginia becomes the first in the state to receive cancer gene therapy through a University of Virginia Health System clinical trial. The approach, known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, takes a …

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Gene therapy has the potential to change how we treat diseases such as cancer and HIV, but it’s only available in high-tech clean rooms. Why isn’t it more widely available? “It’s complicated and expensive,” said Dr. Jennifer Adair during her recent

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Guest commentary: Early trials support use of CAR T-cell therapy in glioblastoma
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What’s pretty remarkable about that trial is that they had a patient who experienced complete regression of multiple lesions after several infusions of the CAR T cells; they published that data last year. An open trial at Baylor is using CAR T cells to