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[Cobra478]

Seven-year-old makes extraordinary recovery after U.S. doctors re-wire her immune system to destroy leukaemia cells

* Emily had been fighting leukaemia for two years but relapsed this spring
* Her parents put her forward for a clinical trial as it was 'the only option left'
* 'We had 48 hours to make a decision or Emily could have started having organ failure', father said
* Therapy, known as CTL019, used disabled form of HIV to reprogramme her immune system to kill cancer cells


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... ystem.html

[Grandma Lynn]

I read this and am soooo happy. Just
hope she is in remission all her life.
What's your opinion? Cobra, come on,
tell us.

[Cobra478]

I read this and am soooo happy. Just
hope she is in remission all her life.
What's your opinion? Cobra, come on,
tell us.

I hope they go deeper into this. Cure all cancers. Hope, but i know they will loose 10's of billions from treatments and new equipment.

[-Alex]

Hopefully this can help brighten your guys' day:

My sister works at Children's Hospital, and sent me this link the other day. Children's will be participating in a medical trial using this technique to treat child leukemia!

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/ ... php#src=fb

[mafeki]

That's pretty cool.

[Grandma Lynn]

I pray it works for all. Trials are so tricky.
I also hope it will be found to be a cure
for AML, another form of leukemia.
My daughter died last Oct. from this,
and had two different trial procedures.
It ended up that she had blood poisoning
and a heart attack. Her body couldn't
take anymore. I will never forget what
she went through.

[beenthereanddonethat]

I pray it works for all. Trials are so tricky.
I also hope it will be found to be a cure
for AML, another form of leukemia.
My daughter died last Oct. from this,
and had two different trial procedures.
It ended up that she had blood poisoning
and a heart attack. Her body couldn't
take anymore. I will never forget what
she went through.

Nor will I. Thank you for sharing Lynn.