When a person’s immune system is impaired by a genetic disease, a bone-marrow transplant can be a powerful therapeutic tool, but with a major downside: during the first few months the recipient’s defenses against viruses are severely weakened. The slightest infection can lead to a hospital trip. A still-experimental type of treatment known as T-cell […]CONTINUE READING >>>
How ‘supercells’ cured an infant’s grave genetic illness
