Training the Immune System to Eliminate Cancer with CAR-T and CRISPR

Open Mics with Dr. Stites

English - April 05, 2023 16:31 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB
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When standard chemotherapy wasn’t working for one patient, a blend of two remarkable therapies – CAR-T and CRISPR – trained the immune system to exterminate the cancer. Guests include patient Katie Kopp and Dr. Joseph McGuirk, hematologist and medical oncologist and the Division Director of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics at The University of Kansas Cancer Center.