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2024-02-18 Science

83.

What is the pioneering treatment for cancer recently approved in India?

CAR-T cell therapy

Radiation therapy

Chemotherapy

Immunotherapy

Answer: Option

Explanation:

CAR-T cell therapy, recently approved in India, is a groundbreaking cancer treatment. This personalized therapy involves collecting T cells from the patient, genetically modifying them in the lab to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), and then infusing them back into the patient to target and attack cancer cells.