A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives

Amtagvi, approved for advanced melanoma, is the first T cell therapy for solid tumors

An image of a T cell on a black background

The human immune system produces T cells (one shown in a colorized scanning electron microscope image) that can attack cancer cells.

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Toni English’s medical team was giddy.

It was six weeks after English had completed an experimental cancer treatment, and she had arrived at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Florida with her husband to see the results of her latest scan.