Published on: September 15, 2020
American Cancer Society grantee Andras Heczey, MD, is trying to adapt the technique known as CAR T-cell therapy to cure children with neuroblastoma by using natural killer T cells. He's trying the treatment for the first time in children in a phase 1 clinical trial.
Published on: December 15, 2017
Read highlights about American Cancer Society research from 2017.
Published on: October 4, 2017
Alix Seif, MD, MPH, is studying a new type of immunotherapy that could teach the immune system long-term memory. The goal is for the immune system to kill any new leukemia cells for the rest of the child's life.
Published on: September 25, 2017
With the success of the new drug, Kymriah, pediatric oncology researchers are trying to adapt CAR T-cell therapy to treat solid tumors, like neuroblastoma.
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