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President Murmu launches India's first home-grown gene therapy for cancer

Launching CAR-T Cell Therapy at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, President Droupadi Murmu said, “It has been available in the developed nations for some time, but it is extremely costly and beyond the reach of most patients around the world. This line of treatment, CAR-T Cell Therapy, is accessible and affordable, it provides a new hope for the whole of mankind… It will be successful in giving new lives to countless patients.”