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lostnfound

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35. Tragically young. There's a promising new treatment ready for clinical trials

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 10:21 PM

16 hrs ago

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/immunotherapy-car-nkt-pancreatic-cancer-ucla

UCLA researchers have developed a CAR-NKT cell therapy that has shown to be more effective than current immunotherapies at fighting tumors in several different mouse models of pancreatic cancer.
Unlike current personalized cell therapies, which require weeks to manufacture, this novel therapy can be mass-produced and stored ready-to-use at a fraction of the cost.
With all preclinical studies now complete, the team is preparing to submit applications to the Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials.

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Tragically young. There's a promising new treatment ready for clinical trials lostnfound 16 hrs ago #35