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New possibility to cure leukaemia

Scientists have found a new possibility to cure leukemia, a deadly disease that strikes patients as young as seven. Scientists found that a molecule, called CD22, can serve as a potent target for the killer cells of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It works by genetically modifying a patient’s own immune cells to seek out and attack leukemia cells that have a molecule called CD19 on their surface.