Human Trial Shows Engineered Immune Cells Could Help Fight Leukemia

A treatment that was awarded Breakthrough Therapy designation by the FDA last year is once again raising hopes for those with B cell cancers. In a recently completed trial, eight out of 14 leukemia patients responded to the novel treatment, a type of personalized cell therapy. Encouragingly, some also went into remission and have remained cancer-free for more than four and a half years.