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What is Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cell and Gene Therapy?

CAR (Chimeric Antigen Receptor) T cell and gene therapy refers to an innovative treatment that manipulates the patient’s own T cells (immune cells) to attack malignant cancer cells. The T cells come from the patient’s blood and are re-programmed in the lab with a special receptor known as a “chimeric antigen receptor” (CAR). After the CAR receptor is added to a patient’s T cells in the lab, they can be grown in large numbers. When the newly engineered CAR T cells are infused back into the patient, they begin to search for and destroy cancer cells with a specific protein target.

CAR T cancer gene therapy is currently being studied as a treatment for many different cancer types and has been approved for different forms of leukemia and lymphoma.

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