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Is this the same CAR-T treatment that Juno Therapeutics tried and scrapped[0] after 5 trial patients died after receiving the treatment? [0]: http://www.xconom
by judah 9y ago
Is this the same CAR-T treatment that Juno Therapeutics tried and scrapped[0] after 5 trial patients died after receiving the treatment?
[0]: http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2017/03/01/after-trial-deaths-juno-pivots-and-scraps-lead-car-t-therapy/ http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2017/03/01/after-trial-deaths...
- ksenzee 9y agoNo. From the article: > In the past, a handful of patients who were getting similar treatments developed by other companies died from serious brain swelling. Although those sorts of complications did occur in some patients receiving CTL019, the patients recovered and there were no fatalities, the company says.