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Small study on new leukemia treatment yields striking results
2011/08/11 | Shawne McKeown, CityNews.ca
The startling results of a very small study will likely provide great hope for people battling leukemia.
Scientists treated three advanced cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by genetically modifying the patients? blood cells to attack the cancer cells. Previously, the only treatments for CLL were risky stem cell or bone marrow transplants, which don?t always work.
"Within three weeks, the tumors had been blown away, in a way that was much more violent than we ever expected," lead researcher Dr. Carl June said in a statement Wednesday.
"It worked much better than we thought it would."
Two of the men have been in remission for a year and the third man?s health has improved, although he still has some cancer.
While doctors and scientists are excited about this development, they?re also reining in enthusiasm due to the fact only three patients were involved in the research, which was published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine...
Small study on new leukemia treatment yields striking results
2011/08/11 | Shawne McKeown, CityNews.ca
The startling results of a very small study will likely provide great hope for people battling leukemia.
Scientists treated three advanced cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by genetically modifying the patients? blood cells to attack the cancer cells. Previously, the only treatments for CLL were risky stem cell or bone marrow transplants, which don?t always work.
"Within three weeks, the tumors had been blown away, in a way that was much more violent than we ever expected," lead researcher Dr. Carl June said in a statement Wednesday.
"It worked much better than we thought it would."
Two of the men have been in remission for a year and the third man?s health has improved, although he still has some cancer.
While doctors and scientists are excited about this development, they?re also reining in enthusiasm due to the fact only three patients were involved in the research, which was published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine...