Dec 082013
 

Killing cancer like the common cold

Two months later, he emerged cancer-free. It’s been six months since Nick, now 15, received the personalized cell therapy, and doctors still can find no trace of leukemia in his system. … Twenty-one other young people received the same treatment at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and 18 of them, like Nick, went into complete remission — one of them has been disease-free for 20 months.

I suspect it’ll be only a decade or so before most cancers become just nuisances, at least for those who can pay.

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