Base editing enables off-the-shelf CAR T cells for leukemia

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Base editing enables off-the-shelf CAR T cells for leukemia
  • RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

In patients with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, base-edited CAR T cells — capable of destroying leukemic T cells while they themselves are protected — induced remission and allowed progression to stem-cell transplantation.

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  1. Karen O’Leary
    1. Karen O’Leary is an Associate Research Analysis Editor with Nature Medicine.

Patients with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) require allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) if they relapse or do not respond to standard chemotherapy. But successful HSCT requires deep remission prior to transplantation; without it, the post-transplantation prognosis is poor.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-026-00004-8

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