Borrowed Cells, Big Results
An infant girl, not even one year old at the time of her treatment, was the first patient to recieve a new, experimental treatment for leukemia cells that proved to be very successful. Layla Richards’ parents were told their baby had an extremely aggressive form of cancer, and after several rounds of treatment, that there were no options left for their daughter. This led them to allow doctors to try a new treatment that had never been demonstrated outside of a laboratory.
Researchers had collected a bank full of T-cells modified to identify and treat cancer cells to be used in a final stage of testing before clinical trials could begin. They took a chance on Layla, however, and found that the treatment—which had been very successful in laboratory studies—was equally effective in Layla. Doctors called her body’s response to the treatment a “miracle”—her body was rid of the leukemia and she was able to go home after a bone marrow transplant. As a successful human trial, Layla’s case was a huge step forward for new cancer treatments.
Adaoted From Medicaldaily.com
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