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FDA approves a game-changing treatment for blood cancer

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a promising new treatment called CAR-T for a particularly deadly form of cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a promising new treatment for a particularly deadly form of cancer, bringing hope to desperate patients while rekindling a global conversation about the escalating cost of new therapies.

The treatment, made by Gilead Sciences, is made by extracting patients’ white blood cells and re-engineering them to

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