CAR-T therapy, which genetically engineers a person’s own immune cells to destroy #tumour cells, could treat deadly brain and spinal #cancers in children. New trials saw the tumors decrease in size by 50%.

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This kids’ brain cancer is incurable — but immune therapy holds promise

CAR-T therapy, which harnesses a person’s own immune cells, racks up some astonishing success stories against deadly brain tumours in children.