CAR T-cells can cure leukemia and lead to long-term remission.

“And it was not a straightforward course. She she ended up in the ICU. The immune system had to we people in real time people had to figure out how to control the immune systems and the side effects. But as that was controlled, all of a sudden the her cancer cells disappeared.”

“And so that was done in 2012. Emily Whitehead was eight. It was done as an experimental treatment at the University of Pennsylvania. And the story now is that now all these years later, Emily White is not only cured of her leukemia, she's premed at the University of Pennsylvania.”

“you know we've seen people who've been had terrible leukemia essentially eradicated leukemia forever um and become cured the problem is that they're intrinsically hard to make”