No, what I was describing is not at all similar to stem cell transplants.
Here is the link to an article featured on the National Cancer Institute website http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/research-updates/2013/CAR-T-Cells
"CAR T-Cell Therapy: Engineering Patients’ Immune Cells to Treat Their Cancers"
"One approach to immunotherapy involves engineering patients’ own immune cells to recognize and attack their tumors. And although this approach, called adoptive cell transfer (ACT), has been restricted to small clinical trials so far, treatments using these engineered immune cells have generated some remarkable responses in patients with advanced cancer."
What autoimmune diseases have you been diagnosed with? Have you asked your physician about any new medications or treatments?
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Hello Anna,
No, what I was describing is not at all similar to stem cell transplants.
Here is the link to an article featured on the National Cancer Institute website http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/research-updates/2013/CAR-T-Cells
"CAR T-Cell Therapy: Engineering Patients’ Immune Cells to Treat Their Cancers"
"One approach to immunotherapy involves engineering patients’ own immune cells to recognize and attack their tumors. And although this approach, called adoptive cell transfer (ACT), has been restricted to small clinical trials so far, treatments using these engineered immune cells have generated some remarkable responses in patients with advanced cancer."
What autoimmune diseases have you been diagnosed with? Have you asked your physician about any new medications or treatments?
Regards,
March 26, 2014 - 5:02pmMaryann
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