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A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells
- adam_quartzy 14y agoAwesome story. One major question about this therapy (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103849 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103849) is what life will be like without B-cells. They're pretty important to a functioning immune system.
- docpepin 14y ago"In the 10 years or so since the widespread use of B-cell depletion, there is little to suggest that a long-term paucity of B cells puts patients at risk for malignancy or opportunistic infections, nor that it leads to treatment-resistant RA or complications." (http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/ijr.12.7?journalCode=ijr http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/ijr.12.7?journ...)
- scarmig 14y agoI know complaining about comments on newspaper article forums is never super productive. But still: "What this article did not mention was the thousands of people who prayed and gathered together for a candle lit prayer vigil for Emily and her family when things were so critical." Rage. I guess God just didn't value the life of my 10 year old cousin enough to save her despite all those candlelit vigils we put on for her. More on topic: great article and great science.