"A woman with an ultra-rare combination of three autoimmune diseases has had no symptoms since receiving a single dose of engineered immune cells. Researchers used the woman's own T cells to develop chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells that targeted a protein on her B cells - the culprits behind her trifecta of autoimmune conditions."
"The woman experienced no side effects from the treatment, and fourteen months on she doesn't take any medication for her conditions, says haematologist Fabian Müller, who helped to develop the treatment."
"A US database of people found guilty of academic misconduct or workplace harassment could prevent such individuals from securing jobs at new universities without disclosing their bad behaviour, a Science editorial suggests."
"Such a measure is necessary to 'make it much more difficult for offending scientists to evade accountability', says Michael Lauer, a former official at the US National Institutes of Health and one of the editorial's authors."
A woman with three autoimmune diseases has shown no symptoms after receiving engineered immune cells derived from her own T cells. These chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeted a specific protein on her B cells, responsible for her conditions. The treatment had no side effects, and fourteen months later, she remains medication-free. Additionally, a proposal for a US database to track academic misconduct is debated, with concerns about accountability and potential risks to witness identities.
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