In USA approved treatment for cancer by using genetic engineering
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Gene therapy, despite the extreme promise in the deliverance of mankind from many diseases, finds a lot of enemies. But it's encouraging that even now, when this method is, in fact, in the beginning of his career, are those who are not afraid of the future and allows new technologies to extend the life of the people.
One of such pioneers can become pharmaceutical giant Novartis, in collaboration with Pennsylvania state University and the American management on sanitary inspection behind quality of foodstuff and medicines (Food and Drug Administration, FDA). The FDA, according to the Associated Press, has approved a new treatment of leukemia, based on the mechanisms of genetic engineering
According to the publisher, a new method of treatment has received the name of the CAR. Its essence is that after a number of modifications of the own cells of the patient's blood begin to attack cancerous tumors. For this method the researchers selected blood cells of the patient, preprogramming them to fight the cells of the disease and create millions of copies. After this, the cells returned to the body, where they are struggling with the disease for several months or even years. According to a representative of the FDA Scott Gottlieb,
«We are entering a new stage in the development of medical innovation with the ability to reprogram our own cells to attack deadly cancer. Treatment with CAR-T will cost 475 thousand dollars, but the company Novartis Pharmaceuticals undertakes not to take money from patients.»
It is Worth saying that the market for gene therapy has the potential for rapid growth in the next decade. The FDA approved the use of gene therapy for patients aged 3 to 25 years, suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Many have dubbed this gesture «a step in the future of medicine».
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