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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample Science editor

Woman with three deadly diseases has ‘remarkable’ recovery after cell therapy

anonymised image of a woman's arms with cannula to receive a cell transfusion as she rests her hands on a pillow and sits in a hospital bed. A medic's hand in a blue surgical glove adjusts the tubing.
A person receiving CAR T-cell therapy. The treatment has proved gamechanging for certain cancers. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her wayward immune system.

The 47-year-old had had nine different treatments, none of which had a lasting impact, before receiving the therapy last year at University Hospital Erlangen in Germany. At the time, she required daily blood transfusions and permanent blood thinning medication to control her illness.

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