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Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’ (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

To be fair, that is a direct quote taken from one of the researchers:

“The concept that the FDA has now acknowledged is that you can use a patient’s own cells as a living drug to treat their disease, and that to me is a very exciting step forward,” said Steve Rosenberg, a senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute who has helped pioneer the newly approved therapy since the 1980s.