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President Droupadi Murmu with Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, IIT Bombay Director Subhasis Chaudhuri, Tata Memorial Centre Director Sudeep Gupta and others during the launch of the first indigenous CAR-T cell therapy, in Mumbai on April 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu on April 4 launched India’s first indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy for…
Yuvan Thakkar, an Indian-origin teenager diagnosed with cancer, says he is now able to enjoy the things he loves after life-changing treatment thanks to a fund set up by the U.K.’s state-funded National Health Service to make innovative therapies accessible to thousands of patients. According to NHS England, 16-year-old Thakkar from Watford near London was…
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When Michel Sadelain began his decades-long quest to genetically modify immune cells to fight cancer, his peers dismissed his ideas as absurd and even his mother grew concerned for his career. On Thursday, the French and Canadian scientist was announced as a winner of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize for his pioneering work in CAR T-cell…
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