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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever gene therapy to treat cancer in the US. The treatment offers a totally new approach to fighting the disease and could lead to novel treatments of other serious and life-threatening maladies.

On Wednesday, the FDA approved a new leukemia treatment from the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, which the agency said is “the first gene therapy available in the United States.”  

The treatment, called Kymriah, is a “genetically-modified autologous T-cell immunotherapy,” where each dose is created by using the patient’s own T-cells, a type of white blood cell known as a lymphocyte.   Continue reading “FDA approves 1st ‘living drug’ to treat cancer in the US”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Milwaukee, WI — Bishop Kennedy was relaxing in his own home on a Saturday afternoon last month, when two police officers rudely interrupted him.

The two officers, Gonzalez, and Wolf, claimed to have been doing a welfare check on Kennedy. They said someone called in and said he might be trying to overdose to hurt himself. However, it was clear that Kennedy was vibrant and nowhere close to an overdose.

Clear-headed and assertive, Kennedy refused to allow the officers to push him around in his own house. He demanded they leave.   Continue reading “This Awesome Old Man Flexes His Rights After Two Cops Refuse to Leave his Home, He Wins!”

The Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos

It was recently announced that The Young Turks Network, led by Cenk Uygur, had secured $20 million dollars in funding to bolster their business/media presence. But while Cenk Uygur attempts to sell his brand to the public as a progressive alternative media outlet, facts reveal that this is nothing more than a façade meant to lure young liberal pragmatists into buying into a hidden corporatist agenda.

The $20 million in funding is slated to be used to increase the size of the TYT newsroom and for business operations – but where did the money actually come from?   Continue reading “Controlled Opposition: Clinton Machine Caught Funneling $20 Million to The Young Turks”

If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir, Mint Press News

In the wake of Charlottesville, numerous Americans have come forward to oppose racism in a variety of ways. In some cases this has taken the form of donations.

As a result, some allegedly anti-racist organizations have seen a financial bonanza. The main one seems to be the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which saw a 1,000% spike in donations – more than half by first-time donors.

There’s one problem. The ADL is a major supporter of racism.   Continue reading “After Charlottesville, racist organization ADL​ sees 1000% spike in “anti-racism” donations”

Huffington Post

Pastor Joel Osteen can’t seem to get his story straight about why he didn’t offer his 16,800-seat megachurch in Houston as a shelter sooner for those displaced by Hurricane Harvey.

During an appearance on NBC’s “TODAY” show Wednesday, the head of Lakewood Church said its doors have “always been open.” Minutes later, he appeared to reverse course and admit that the church hadn’t initially encouraged victims to seek shelter there.

Continue reading “Joel Osteen Says Megachurch Didn’t Open Earlier Because Houston ‘Didn’t Ask’”