Tonghuo | Vol. 10: Leukemia Is Not a Death Sentence — The Cure Was Inside the Human Body All Along

Timeline

03:00 How does the immune system help us fight off viral invaders?

05:10 What happens when immune cells turn on each other?

06:37 When leukemia strikes, what exactly goes wrong with the blood?

10:36 Treating leukemia: from chemotherapy to antibody drugs to CAR-T

13:02 How does a single injection return patients to normal life?

16:10 How are CAR-T cellular therapies harvested from the body and returned to it?

19:13 From practicing hematology to importing the "miracle drug" Gleevec

22:32 What stages has China's biopharmaceutical development passed through?

24:28 With the timing right for novel drug development, committing to a CAR-T startup

28:42 What's the price tag for CAR-T therapies treating acute leukemia?

30:39 Having a treatment is the first step; driving down costs to reach more patients comes next

35:09 Lupus — a disease of complex mechanisms, and CAR-T's next indication

39:00 From importing overseas drugs to shipping homegrown therapies to every continent

40:40 From zero to one in novel drug development: navigating clinical trials, regulation, and funding

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