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For Children, Young Adults with Recurrent AML, Immunotherapy Shows Promise

GARA ELIZABETH PHOTOGRAPHYResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown, in a small clinical trial, that pre-activated natural killer cells can help some children and young adults with recurrent AML and few other treatment options. Pictured is Weston Robinett, 3, a patient who received this investigational therapy at Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. He remains in remission more than two years after treatment.

Natural killer cells could help young patients with few treatment options. An immunotherapy harnessing the immune system’s “natural killer” cells has proven effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some adults whose cancers return...

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