A 6 year old girl, Emma Whitehead, had been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia since she just turned 5. And spring of last year, she was right on the edge of life. Thats when doctors decided to try out a new method that had never been tested on a child or anyone with leukemia. This procedue did indeed work saving her life. It nearly killed her, but now she is up and strong.
I hope they can perfect this method so that they can do it on other patients that have the same disease as Emma. Hopefully this may be their final cure.
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/health/a-breakthrough-against-leukemia-using-altered-t-cells.html
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