1. Five seriously ill lupus patients have seen their disease driven into remission after a single infusion of modified immune cells, in a small trial that borrows from cancer therapy to harness patients' own cells to treat the autoimmune condition. Scientists are calling the results "spectacular" and "incredibly exciting", saying the findings may herald a new era of managing autoimmune diseases that, like cancer, are notoriously hard to treat. A link to the research article describing the results is here. (Sources: sciencealert.com, twitter.com, nature.com)
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