How to make CAR-T cell therapies for cancer safer and more effective

Researchers are installing safety switches and adding other features to the immune therapy

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CAR-T 2.0  An immune therapy for cancer using CAR-T cells (two shown in yellow, attacking a breast cancer cell) made a big splash in 2017, but it comes with serious side effects that researchers are trying to combat.

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