The Record (Troy, NY)

US US clearstroo­p totalfirst ‘ in living Afghanista­ndrug’ for said tough larger childhoodt­han reported leukemia

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The PentagonFo­od and officials Drug Administra­tionfor the first time on say Wednesdayt­here are approved about 11,000 U. the S. first forces treatment currently that deployedge­netically to Afghanista­n.engineers patients’ own blood cells That into is an far army more of than assassinst­he 8,400to seek and total destroy acknowledg­ed childhood under leukemia.the previous

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““living temporary,” drugs” and being used tested other against personnel blood accounting­cancers tactics other to tumors, artificial­lytoo. The keep FDAthe publiccall­ed the count approvallo­w. historic.

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Novartis comes saidas theit would Pentagon charge $ 475,000 to for deploythe treatment,about 3,900 made more fromscratc­hAmericans to for the every war patient.to expand But the the training company and said advising there of would Afghanbe no chargeforc­es and if the boost patient counterter­rordidn’t show operations.a response within a month.

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