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In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform patients’ blood cells into soldiers that seek and destroy cancer. A few patients with one type of leukemia were given this one-time, experimental therapy several years ago and some remain cancer-free today. Now, at ...

It would be hard to think of a more arresting experience than waking up in the middle of your own open heart surgery. While many patients make an excellent recovery, the body does not readily forget the trauma of this now familiar procedure. A softer, more creative approach to treating damaged hearts has recently been developed by Amit Patel at ...