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New Immune System, New Life for California Teen Overcoming Leukemia

Stanford Childrens

Now, they even share the same immune system. CAR T-cell therapy engineers a child’s T cells (immune cells) to include a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to help the immune system see and kill cancer cells. I never doubted that they could endure the treatment.” About 99.9% of me is in Emily,” says Susana.