CAR T-cell Therapy | Focus on Health

CAR T-cell Therapy, designed to treat blood-borne cancers such as leukemias, is offering new hope for cures for everything from cystic fibrosis to sickle cell anemia. Explore UC Davis Health's Good Manufacturing Practice Facility, the only University of California campus that produces CAR T-cells on-site, which might lead the world in cancer treatment.

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