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Immunotherapy that turns cells into cancer assassins named top advance – Chron.com

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2018-02-01 NEWS

Chron.com

Immunotherapy that turns cells into cancer assassins named top advance
Chron.com
Immunotherapy is being touted as cancer care’s hot new treatment again, but this time it’s not about Houston scientist Jim Allison’s breakthrough work unleashing a brake that keeps the body’s defenses from attacking tumors. The new frontier is CAR T

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The Sun

Girl, 7, kept alive by monthly blood transfusions needs stem cell donor to save her life
The Sun
Using the hashtag #AHeroForChloe, Chloe’s parents Francesca and Craig are hoping to encourage people to join the Anthony Nolan register and become stem cell donors. The charity will send a ‘spit kit’ in the post to test a sample of the donor’s saliva

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Medscape

New CAR T Cell for Adult ALL, ‘Game Changer’ in Pediatric ALL
Medscape
A new CAR T cell has shown efficacy in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), as the first of these products is hailed as a ‘game changer’ in pediatric ALL.
Study: CAR T-cell therapy safe and effective in youth with leukemiaMedical Xpress

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Scientific American

Instead of Filling Cavities, Dentists May Soon Regenerate Teeth
Scientific American
Sharpe suspected he could dramatically boost teeth’s natural healing ability by mobilizing stem cells in the dental pulp. Earlier research had demonstrated the Wnt signaling pathway—a particular cascade of molecules involved in cell-to-cell