A 'Crazy' Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Work

(theatlantic.com)

12 points | by aarghh a day ago ago

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  • D-Coder a day ago

    "Two years ago, however, a study came out of Germany that rocked all of these assumptions. Five patients with uncontrolled lupus went into complete remission after undergoing a repurposed cancer treatment called CAR-T-cell therapy, which largely wiped out their rogue immune cells. The first treated patient has had no symptoms for almost four years now."