New Lupus Treatment Breakthrough

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‘Exciting’ new lupus treatment could end need for lifelong medication

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CAR T-cell therapy genetically modifies a patient's cells to fight the autoimmune disease.

It works by genetically modifying cells to enable the body’s own immune system to recognise and attack problem cells, offering people a possible cure.

In the UK , three patients have received the treatment for the most serious form of lupus, which can be life-threatening.

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