Patients given ‘immune reset’ treatment on NHS go into remission

Patient Katie Tinkler receiving breakthrough treatment for lupus at University College London Hospital in London. Mrs Tinkler has gone into remission thanks to the treatment, which experts believe could lead to a cure. PA. - (PA Archive)

Patients given an “immune reset” treatment on the NHS have gone into remission in “groundbreaking” new findings.

For the first time in the UK, people with severe lupus have been treated with CAR T-cell therapy, which experts believe may also work for illnesses such as multiple sclerosis.