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News (2016-2017)

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Article Title Site of Publication Date
Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered this year. EMILY WHITEHEAD: Living testimonial Nature 12/20/2017
Joe Biden Comforts Meghan McCain in Heartfelt Exchange on ‘The View’ The New York Times 12/13/2017
New Gene Treatment Effective for Some Leukemia Patients The New York Times 11/20/2017
Tragedy, Perseverance, and Chance — The Story of CAR-T Therapy The New England Journal of Medicine 09/13/2017
FDA Modernizing Evaluations as Gene, Cell Therapy Fields Grow The Wall Street Journal 09/07/2017
Novartis CEO: Here's How We Handled A Milestone In Pediatric Cancer Forbes 09/01/2017
A medical breakthrough that hacks genes to fight cancer just got approved, and it's the beginning of 'a big new field of medicine' Business Insider 08/31/2017
FDA approves breakthrough CAR-T therapy for leukemia CBS News Video Clip 08/31/2017
FDA clears first gene-altering therapy — ‘a living drug’ — for childhood leukemia The Washington Post 08/30/2017
US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia ABC News 08/30/2017
FDA Approves Personalized Cellular Therapy for Advanced Leukemia Developed by University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Penn Medicine News Release 08/30/2017
Hailing a breakthrough in fighting cancer, FDA approves gene therapy that functions as a ‘living drug’ LA Times 08/30/2017
US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia AP News 08/30/2017
F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000 The New York Times 08/30/2017
From leukemia to cancer-free: how CAR-T immunotherapy saved Emily Whitehead Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy 08/30/2017
FDA Approves First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia NIH Director's Blog 08/30/2017
Dr. Scott Gottlieb Remarks on FDA approval of first gene therapy in the United States FDA 08/30/2017
FDA Approves Groundbreaking Gene Therapy for Cancer MIT Technology Review 08/30/2017
Novartis crosses FDA finish line with monumental CAR-T leukemia approval Fierce Pharma 08/30/2017
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy For Leukemia NPR 08/30/2017
FDA OKs first-of-its-kind T-cell cancer therapy developed by Penn & CHOP Philadelphia Business Journal 08/30/2017
FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States FDA Press Announcement 08/30/2017
T-Cell Therapy Patient Story: Emily Hunt The Emily Whitehead Foundation 08/22/2017
How HIV Became a Cancer Cure The Wall Street Journal 08/18/2017
Cancer's Newest Miracle Cure TIME Health 08/10/2017
CAR-T Cell Therapy Is Here To Stay Forbes 07/19/2017
La genética en la lucha contra el cáncer Voanoticias 07/18/2017
Cutting edge leukemia treatment saves girl's life Fox News 07/17/2017
FDA Panel Recommends Approval Of Novel 'Gene Therapy' For Leukemia WBUR-FM Segment 07/14/2017
What Families Need to Know About First Gene Therapy for Deadly Childhood Cancer Consumer Reports 07/14/2017
FDA Panel Approves Immunotherapy Program To Fight Cancer CBS New York 07/13/2017
Why CAR T-cell immunotherapy is such a big deal for cancer treatment Popular Science 07/13/2017
How to save American lives: Promising personalized cancer care is coming, and so are deep cuts to federal research New York Daily News 07/13/2017
FDA may approve goundbreaking cancer treatment that uses body's immune system to fight disease The Independent 07/13/2017
'Astounding' second-chance cancer drug heading for FDA approval CNN 07/13/2017
About CAR-T leukemia therapy, part of a new wave in cancer treatment Associated Press via ABC News 07/13/2017
First gene therapy — 'a true living drug' — on the cusp of FDA approval Chicago Tribune 07/13/2017
Novel Gene Therapy for Leukemia Clears FDA Panel Scientific American 07/13/2017
An Exciting New Cancer Treatment Has Just Been Endorsed by FDA Science Alert 07/13/2017
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval for Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment The New York Times 07/12/2017
FDA Panel Recommends Approval of the First Gene Therapy Treatment TIME 07/12/2017
FDA panel backs Novartis' pioneering new cancer gene therapy Reuters 07/12/2017
FDA Panel Backs Groundbreaking Novartis Treatment That Turns Your Cells Into Cancer Killers Fortune 07/12/2017
Novel leukemia treatment could be 1st US gene therapy The Washington Post 07/12/2017
Novel leukemia treatment could be 1st US gene therapy Associated Press via ABC News 07/12/2017
FDA Committee Recommends Approving First Gene Therapy to Successfully Treat Cancer NBC Nightly News Video 07/12/2017
Engineered cell therapy for cancer gets thumbs up from FDA advisers Nature 07/12/2017
Novartis CAR-T cancer therapy wins expert support for FDA approval STAT News 07/12/2017
FDA panel unanimously endorses Novartis T-cell cancer therapy pioneered at Penn, CHOP Philadelphia Inquirer 07/12/2017
'Living Drug' That Fights Cancer By Harnessing Immune System Clears Key Hurdle NPC 07/12/2017
FDA Advisers Say Yes to Experimental Personalized Cancer Therapy NBC News 07/12/2017
Novel cancer treatment wins endorsement of FDA advisers The Washington Post 07/12/2017
CAR-T gene therapy for leukemia clears FDA hurdle CBS News 07/12/2017
FDA votes to recommend gene-therapy leukemia treatment The Hill 07/12/2017
FDA advisers back Novartis’ game-changing personalized CAR-T for cancer, approval in sight Endpoint News 07/12/2017
FDA Panel OKs First Gene Therapy For Leukemia Health Day News via WebMD 07/12/2017
First gene therapy — ‘a true living drug’ — on the cusp of FDA approval The Washington Post 07/11/2017
When reporting clinical trial results changed a life Sense About Science USA 06/29/2017
The face of a medical revolution marks five years cancer-free -- and her 12th birthday Philly Inquirer 05/10/2017
Bruce Levine is a man you can thank for your future cell therapy EBD Group 05/01/2017
CAR-T Cell Therapy Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation Pharmaceutical Processing 04/19/2017
Honorable Mention - 2017 Facility of the Year Award Winner Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) 04/05/2017
Sean and Alexandra Parker Save The World Vogue 01/17/2017
Breakthrough Cancer Treatment Saves Lives at CHOP NBC10 01/09/2017
Philly discovery for kids with leukemia prepares to go global Philly Inquirer 12/16/2016
Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers to Present Latest Findings of Personalized Cellular Therapies at American Society of Hematology Meeting Penn Medicine News Release 12/02/2016
New tricks in canine cancer research may improve treatments for humans, too The Washington Post 11/26/2016
CAR T-Cell Therapy Moves Closer to FDA Approval NIH Record 11/18/2016
Setting the Body’s ‘Serial Killers’ Loose on Cancer The New York Times 08/01/2016
Newlyweds Celebrate After Experimental Treatment Leaves No Sign of Husband's Leukemia. ABC News 07/20/2016
U-Hi’s Carbon graduating cancer-free after experimental treatment The Spokesman-Review 06/01/2016
A Mouse that Roared: Lori Alf's Fight Against Cancer and the Miracle Cure that Saved Her Parade 05/06/2016
Sean Parker, Silicon Valley’s bad boy genius, wants to kick the *!$% out of cancer The Washington Post 04/15/2016
University of Pennsylvania to Join First-of-its-Kind Research Collaboration to Fight Cancer with New Immunotherapies Penn Medicine News Release 04/13/2016
Novartis-Penn Center for Advanced Cellular Therapeutics Unveiled at Penn Medicine Penn Medicine News Release 02/16/2016
In Philadelphia, Biden launches 'moonshot' initiative to cure cancer WHYY 01/16/2016
Biden Launches "Moonshot" at Penn Medicine ABC Action News 01/15/2016
Biden launches moon shot for a cancer cure Politico 01/15/2016
Launching cancer moonshot, Biden says politics impeding cure Associated Press 01/15/2016
VP Joe ​Biden says politics are impeding cancer cure CBS News 01/15/2016
Young Cancer Survivor and Family Give Back to Children's Hospital ABC Action News 01/05/2016
Family Of Girl Who Changed Face Of Cancer Treatment Donates $100,000 To CHOP CBS Philly 01/05/2016