Posted on Sep 14, 2018

Update: A Young Man's Experiment With A 'Living Drug' For Leukemia

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In Reid's case, 17 million of his own immune cells were engineered to recognize two targets on the leukemia cells instead of one. Doctors hoped this modification would increase the chances the cells would successfully find and attack the cancer.

Update: A Young Man's Experiment With A 'Living Drug' For Leukemia

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They made progress but its still not ready. The disease comes back. You're welcome.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

Posted 6 y ago

Excellent medical share Chip, thank you.

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CAPT Michael Toleno

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Do you have a comment or opinion about this article? You've just posted a link to an article and a short excerpt from it.

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Update: A Young Man's Experiment With A 'Living Drug' For Leukemia

Update: A Young Man's Experiment With A 'Living Drug' For Leukemia

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