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In A 1st, Doctors In U.S. Use CRISPR Tool To Treat Patient With Genetic Disorder

10:13pm July 29, 2019

by Rob Stein

Victoria Gray, 34, of Forest, Miss., has sickle cell disease. She is the first patient ever to be publicly identified as being involved in a study testing the use of CRISPR for a genetic disease.

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A color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph shows HIV particles (orange) infecting a T cell, one of the white blood cells that play a central role in the immune system.

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Bone Marrow Transplant Renders Second Patient Free Of HIV

2:04pm March 05, 2019

by Richard Harris

British doctors report the apparent eradication of HIV from a patient who was undergoing treatment for cancer. It's only the second time this has been accomplished, despite many attempts.

Some critically ill patients who received a CAR-T cell treatment have remained cancer-free for as long as five years, researchers say. But the price is high.

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Insurers And Government Are Slow To Cover Expensive CAR-T Cancer Therapy

3:36pm July 17, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

Treatment costs for the immunotherapy can run to more than $1 million. Some state Medicaid programs aren't paying for the treatment, and Medicare's complicated payment rates have hospitals worried.