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CAR T moves beyond cancer, targeting autoimmune disease with immune system reset

A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
Jan Janisch-Hanzlik received an infusion of CAR T cells on June 9, 2025, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Credit: Nebraska Medicine

At age 49, Jan Janisch-Hanzlik’s multiple sclerosis was destroying her freedom to live the life she wanted. She gave up her active nursing job for a desk role. Frequent falls made her afraid to carry her grandchildren. She had to move to a bigger house to make room for the wheelchair she feared she might end up needing full-time.

Even the best available medication wasn’t improving Janisch-Hanzlik’s symptoms, and she worried they’d only get worse...

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