Current “humanized” mice not good models for studying stem cell transplants, say researchers – Scope (blog)
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Current “humanized” mice not good models for studying stem cell transplants, say researchers
Scope (blog) These “humanized” mice have been useful models in some situations, such as the study of the human immune response to HIV infection or the transplantation of certain types of tissue. But recent research by cardiologist and stem cell expert Joseph Wu, MD … |
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Breakthrough cancer drug could be astronomical in price
USA TODAY The treatment, CTL019, belongs to a new class of medications called CAR T-cell therapies, which involve harvesting patients’ immune cells and genetically altering them to kill cancer. It’s been tested in patients whose leukemia has relapsed in spite of … |