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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

‘At 13, I thought my leukaemia was incurable. But a new treatment has made me cancer-free’

Palliative care felt like the only option left for 13-year-old leukaemia patient Alyssa Tapley, until she became the first person in the world to take a treatment that edits healthy immune cells to fight cancer.

The teenager from Leicester was diagnosed with T-cell leukaemia in May 2021, after a long period of what her family thought were colds, viruses and general tiredness.

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