>>> THIS TWEAK FDA APPROVED A
NEW GENE THERAPY THAT WOULD
POTENTIALLY TREAT A FORM OF
CHILD HOOD LEUKEMIA.
THIS IS THE FIRST GENE THERAPY
TO HIT THE U.S. MARKET, JOINING
US NOW Dr. SCOTT ACKERMAN.
YOU SAY IT IS IN EFFECT RIGHT
NOW, THIS MONTH.
>>> ROLLED OUT IN THE NEXT 30
DAYS, A EXCITING NEW KIND OF
THERAPY.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE A FEW
MONTHS AGO WHEN THE FDA SAID
THEY WERE GOING THE FAST TRACK
IT SIX WEEKS AGO THE FDA
ANNOUNCED THE RESEARCH WAS
EXCITED AND THEY WANTED TO FAST
TRACK IT.
A NEW PROGRAM TO FAST TRACK
THESE EMERGING THERAPIES.
>> WE'RE USING OUR OWN CELLS IN
THIS, DOES IT POTENTIAL LIQUEUR
CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA.
>>> IT IS FOR ACUTE LEUKEMIA.
A A. L.
>> WILL, A VERY A DEADLY KIND OF
LEUKEMIA AND DO IT TREAT AND WE
TREAT IT NOW WITH CHEMOTHERAPY
AND WITH THAT THE CURATE ISN'T
THAT HIGH AND TO CHILDREN THAT
THAT ARE NOT CURED FROM IT HAVE
A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME AND
SUFFER A LOT BY THE TREATMENTS
THAT ARE USED FOR IT.
THIS TAKES THE BODY'S T-CELLS,
WE TAKE IT TO THE LAB AND ONLY
20 OR 25 FACILITIES ARE
CURRENTLY BEING AUTHORIZED TO DO
IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY
COMPLICATED AND TECHNICAL.
TAKE THE TCELLS INTO THE LAB
AND GENETICALLY MODIFY THOSE
T-CELLS TO MAKE THEM SPECIFIC TO
FIGHT THE ACCUTE LEUKEMIA.
AND WENT QUESTION GROW THEM IN A
PET TRY DISH.
IT TAKE A WEEKING TO A FEW DAYS
AND THEN TAKE THE T-CELLS AND
INJECT IT BACK INTO THE PATIENT.
BACK IN THE PATIENT THEY
CONTINUE TO GROW AND ARE SUPER
ENERGIZED TO TARGET AND
ERADICATE THE CANCER CELLS.
>>> SUCH A COOL THING WE'RE ABLE
TO DO MEDICALLY NOW WAS THE
THERAPY.
CAN THIS GO FURTHER?
CAN THIS GO TOWARDS OTHER
DISEASES?
>> THIS IS USING THE BOD ADY'S
OWN T-CELLS TO FIGHT THE ANSWER.
OTHER CANCER WE KNOW THAT
T-CELLS ARE VERY PONT IN
REGULATING THESE CANCERS AND
CANCERS ARE SIMILAR TO THE
TREATMENT THE THOUGHT IS THE
NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR THIS TO
BE USED F CERTAIN LYMPHOMA
CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA ONLY AFFECTS
3,000 KI A YEAR ONLY.
>>> THE HOPE IS FOR ADULT
LYMPHOMAS AND THEN POSSIBLY DOWN
THE ROAD EVEN MORE.
>>> THERE'S LOTS OF SEVERE AND
DEADLY CANCERS WE HAVE A
DIFFICULT TIME CURING RIGHT NOW.
AND THE THOUGHT IS PERHAPS THIS
COULD BE MODIFIED TO USE FOR
THOSE CANCERS AS WELL.
>> I ANY GONE ARE THE DAYS WE'RE
USING THESE INTENSE
CHEMOTHERAPIES THAT GO ALL OVER
THE BODY AND.
>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I
APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS EXCITING FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
