Posted on 04/25/2022 8:53:54 AM PDT by libh8er
Nkarta said Monday that two experimental, off-the-shelf treatments, both made from engineered natural killer cells, induced complete responses in patients with advanced forms of blood cancer. The results marked the first reveal of clinical data from its research programs.
In one of the clinical trials, three of five patients with acute myeloid leukemia achieved complete remissions. Two of those patients showed no evidence of residual disease — the best response possible following treatment with the highest-tested dose of the Nkarta engineered natural killer, or NK, cells.
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“engineered natural killer cells” seems like an oxymoron.
It’s the unknown side effects that will get you.
“ It’s the unknown side effects that will get you.”
Or the medical breakthroughs that turn death into life.
Have a son in law who was stage 4 cancer and given less than 12 months to live in 2017.
A experimental drug has him now cancer free and living a fairly normal life.
That is fantastic. Sometimes you have to take chances.
This is actually pretty big news. AML (Acute Myeloid Luekemia) is the ‘killer’ leukemia. It’s aggressive, has no cure with current therapies and is all but a certain death sentence. It mostly strikes older adults. But medical science even with a few hiccups, is advancing at a crazy pace.
“Nkarta studies of engineered natural killer cells show complete remissions in patients with blood cancers [AML]”
In 2 out of 5.
I’ll get excited when they come up with a cure that is 100% effective. Why can’t they? Try HARDER!
I’d take a 40% chance of full remission over a 100% chance of death any day.
“That is fantastic. Sometimes you have to take chances.“
Yes!
They have two kids who were 4 and 2 at the time.
My prayer when things looked dark and no hope was showing; let him live long enough to walk the then 4 year old girl down the isle at her wedding.
That’s looking very possible now as he (her dad)continues to regain health.
I find it astounding that we live in the age of incredible medical technology that can do amazing things.
Even routine things like dental care seems to incrementally get better every year.
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