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Yes ( well, maybe not "all" ). For example, Yescarta® is an FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy for patients with refractory b-cell lymphoma. From https://www.gile
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Yes ( well, maybe not "all" ). For example, Yescarta® is an FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy for patients with refractory b-cell lymphoma. From https://www.gilead.com/-/media/files/pdfs/medicines/other/yescarta/yescarta.pdf https://www.gilead.com/-/media/files/pdfs/medicines/other/ye... : "Before you get YESCARTA, you will get 3 days of chemotherapy
to prepare your body". This chemotherapay is "lymphodepleting" ( https://www.yescartahcp.com/large-b-cell-lymphoma https://www.yescartahcp.com/large-b-cell-lymphoma ). This
chemotherapy decreases the number of T cells.
Gilead just reported a 5 year follow up on their therapy : https://www.gilead.com/news-and-press/press-room/press-releases/2021/12/yescarta-is-first-car-t-cell-therapy-to-report-five-year-survival-data-from-pivotal-study-showing-durable-long-term-survival-in-patients-with-refract https://www.gilead.com/news-and-press/press-room/press-relea... . " 92% of Patients Alive at Five Years Have Needed No Additional Cancer Treatments; Data Suggestive of a Potential Cure for These Patients "