Revolutionary' cancer drug using genetically modified cells approved

Sydney Morning Herald

19 December 2018 - A revolutionary cancer therapy that supercharges a patient's immune cells to hunt and destroy cancer cells has been approved for use in Australia, ushering in a new era in medicine.

Desperate patients with aggressive blood cancers who have not responded to conventional treatments have been heading overseas to receive a shot of the "custom-made" drug and experiencing "miraculous" results.

In a last-ditch attempt, Daniel Clarke, 45, and his family dropped everything and travelled to Boston so that he could undergo CAR-T therapy for diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). One month later, scans showed the cancer was gone.

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