Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2017
First gene therapy — ‘a true living drug’ — on the cusp of FDA approval
11 July 2017 - When doctors saw the report on Bill Ludwig’s bone-marrow biopsy, they thought it was a mistake and ordered the test repeated.
But the results came back the same: His lethal leukaemia had been wiped out by an experimental treatment never before used in humans.
“We were hoping for a little improvement,” remembered the 72-year-old retired New Jersey corrections officer, who had battled the disease for a decade. He and his oncologist both broke down when she delivered the good news in 2010. “Nobody was hoping for zero cancer.”
