Seven year old girl beats cancer after given HIV virus to re-wire immune system!

The cancer girl cured by the HIV virus: Seven-year-old makes extraordinary recovery after U.S. doctors re-wire her immune system to destroy leukaemia cells

Emily had been fighting leukaemia for two years but relapsed this spring
Her parents put her forward for a clinical trial as it was 'the only option left'
'We had 48 hours to make a decision or Emily could have started having organ failure', father said
Therapy, known as CTL019, used disabled form of HIV to reprogramme her immune system to kill cancer cells

In April this year, Emily Whitehead's family had almost given up hope.

The brave six-year-old had been fighting leukaemia for two years, only to relapse for a second time during intensive chemotherapy treatment in February.

Doctors had exhausted all the traditional treatments as Emily could not remain in remission for long enough to attempt a bone marrow transplant. So her desperate parents, Kari and Tom, started looking at more radical options.

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