Can individuals with lymphoma become their own life-saving drug?

With lymphoma cancers that all behave slightly differently, why not create treatments tailored specifically for each person? CAR-T Cell Therapy does just that. This therapy takes normal, healthy white blood cells and boosts them to be stronger and go directly to an individual’s lymphoma cancer cells. Think of it like this: if regular white blood cells are regular soldiers in the army of our immune system, CAR-T Cells are a specialized team of cancer-fighting cells sent on a mission to destroy the lymphoma, whether it’s Hodgkin’s, Non-Hodgkin’s or the other 50 subtypes. Making each person like their own life-saving drug.

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