Cell & Gene Therapy: A Cancer Cure Breakthrough Explained by Doctors

• Cell & Gene Therapy is an advanced medical technique that targets the root cause of diseases by genetically modifying a patient's immune cells.
• CAR-T therapy, a type of Cell & Gene Therapy, is a "living drug" that actively identifies and destroys cancer cells, showing long-lasting effects in blood cancer.
• The personalized 'vein-to-vein' process involves extracting, genetically engineering, expanding, and re-infusing a patient's immune cells, currently taking 3-4 weeks.
• While expensive globally (up to $1 million), local manufacturing has reduced CAR-T therapy costs in India to approximately 40-60 lakh rupees.
• India is progressing as a hub for CAR-T therapy, with local manufacturing and facilities, and future research aims for allogeneic models and in-vivo techniques to reduce cost and time.