CAR-T therapy provides relief for children with autoimmune diseases

"Symptoms and organ damage abated in young children and teenagers whose conditions had resisted other treatments."

"A type of personalized cell therapy seems to have reset the immune system and eased severe symptoms in eight children and adolescents with autoimmune disorders."

Symptoms and organ damage abated in young children and teenagers whose conditions had resisted other treatments. The patients were children and adolescents with autoimmune disorders. A personalized cell therapy appeared to reset the immune system. The therapy eased severe symptoms in eight patients. The cases involved conditions that had been treatment-resistant prior to the intervention. The observed outcomes included reduction of symptoms and mitigation of organ damage. The intervention represented a tailored cellular approach applied to pediatric autoimmune disease. The results indicated substantial clinical improvement in this small cohort of young patients.

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