Australian CAR T Trial Puts Lupus Into Remission for Young Woman in Historic First

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Lani Watson, 32, lived with severe lupus that left her in constant pain and unable to walk. In a medical first for Australia, she received CAR T-cell therapy at Monash Health, a treatment originally designed for cancer. Doctors reprogrammed her own immune cells to eliminate the rogue ones attacking her body.

Months later, she is off immunosuppressants, pain-free, and back playing Aussie football. Spencer Knight calls it a turning point for autoimmune disease treatment, especially with 90% of lupus patients being women. The trial offers a new frontier in applying cell therapy to chronic, non-cancerous conditions.

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