Immunotherapy for ALL
October 20, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
At the beginning of the 20th century, British physician Sir Almoth Wright predicted that the doctor of the future would be an immunologist. For that (and other reasons) he was thereafter mocked as “Sir Almost Right.” Of course he was quite right during the time when one infectious disease after another was knocked down with vaccines or antibiotics. Now, Wright’s prediction is pending with cancer. This piece is about the evolution of immunotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but it raises many issues about the practice of medicine “in sickness and in wealth.” MORE
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