Gene Therapy Beats 'Bubble Boy' Disease
FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Researchers report that gene therapy has successfully treated four children with severe combined immunodeficiency disorder, more popularly known as the "bubble boy" disease.
Leukemia Vaccine Shows Early Promise
MONDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- A leukemia vaccine has been successful enough in its first trials to warrant larger studies that will include hundreds of patients, researchers report.
The vaccine prompted an immune system attack against the ... [
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Immunotherapeutic Approaches for Hematologic Malignancies
The immune system has two complementary arms: one is older and seemingly more primitive, called the innate immune system, found in both plants and animals. The second (already many millions of years old!) is the adaptive or antigen-specific immune sy... [
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