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fromNature
1 week ago'They don't have symptoms': CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered CAR-T cells can eliminate autoreactive B cells and have produced apparent cures in multiple autoimmune diseases.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoAfter an initial panic, Silicon Valley looks beyond the H1-B
Many years ago, Dr. Stephen Hauser and his research team discovered how B cells were crucial to the damage caused by MS. They developed new treatments, including one medicine that is literally saving the life of someone I love dearly. (If you need hope here, read his amazing book.) I met Dr. Hauser a few days ago at a charity dinner in San Francisco, where he spoke about the breakthrough. I got to thank him for this miracle of science, while trying not to cry.
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