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    Gene therapy for advanced lymphoma gets FDA approval

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    10.19.2017

    People with advanced lymphoma now have another type of treatment to consider. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Yescarta, a cell-based gene therapy designed to treat large B-cell lymphoma originally developed by the National Cancer Institute*. It's the second time the FDA has approved a gene therapy for use in the US following a procedure meant to treat leukemia earlier this year.