Genetically engineered cells successfully used to treat aggressive form of childhood leukaemia,but landmark treatment had only been tested on mice A baby girl with aggressive leukaemia has become the first in the world to be treated with designer immune cells that were genetically engineered to wipe out her cancer.
The one-year-aged, Layla Richards, and was given months to live after conventional treatments failed to eradicate the disease,but she is now cancer free and doing well, a response one doctor described as “almost a miracle.
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Source: theguardian.com