A relatively new cancer treatment known as CAR T cell therapy is perhaps more dangerous than we knew.
However, the FDA still says that the positives of CAR T therapy outweigh the potential negatives.
CAR T cell therapyis a form of immunotherapy that aims to boost the immune systems defenses against cancer.
An illustration of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells attacking a cancer cell.Illustration: ART-ur (Shutterstock)
As impressive as CAR T has been, its already known to have serious side effects.
Last November, the agencyannouncedthat it had started a formal investigation into this risk.
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