Chapter 1
The body's defense force
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Chapter 2
Releasing the biological brakes
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Chapter 3
Living drugs and cellular engineers
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Chapter 4
The future frontier of healing
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The immunotherapy revolution
Ch 3 · Living drugs and cellular engineers
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Your own T-cells are learning, A brand new way to see, Targeting illness, Setting your body free! A living medicine, Healing from deep within!
Fun Fact
HIV fighting cancer: The harmless virus used to deliver new genes into Emily Whitehead's T cells was actually a modified, disarmed version of the HIV virus.
Glossary
car-t cell (noun)
A T cell that has been genetically engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor. In 2012, Emily Whitehead became the first pediatric patient treated with these engineered cells in Philadelphia.
A T cell that has been genetically engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor. In 2012, Emily Whitehead became the first pediatric patient treated with these engineered cells in Philadelphia.
Quiz
What is the name of the dangerous, high-fever inflammatory reaction that can occur when CAR-T cells rapidly multiply and attack cancer?
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Which medication, originally designed for rheumatoid arthritis, is used to save patients experiencing a severe cytokine storm?
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How do scientists insert the new genetic instructions into a patient's T cells during the manufacturing of CAR-T therapy?
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Why has CAR-T therapy been much more successful against blood cancers (like leukemia) than solid tumors (like lung cancer)?