New treatment for children with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Frank Hanson who died in 2019. Credit: Family Handout/PA Wire

By Jane Kirby, PA Media

Children with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) could benefit from a new treatment being launched at Great Ormond Street, which experts hope will cure the disease.

Patients with the blood cancer will be offered CAR T-cell therapy targeted at a specific protein, which has been newly identified by researchers as occurring only on cancerous white blood cells.