Gene Therapy Could Make Cancer Care More Unequal, and This Map Shows Why

Posted January 12, 2018

External Article: MIT Technology Review

Aaron Levine, associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, was quoted in the MIT Technology Review, January 12, article, “Gene Therapy Could Make Cancer Care More Unequal, and This Map Shows Why.” The School of Public Policy is a unit in Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Many patients have had remarkable recoveries, but they can also suffer toxic and sometimes deadly side effects. Aaron Levine at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, who has studied the ethics of CAR-T cell therapies, says these side effects will likely be the biggest obstacle to making the therapies more widely available, “as only a small number of physicians and medical teams are prepared to address them.”

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Aaron Levine, associate professor in the School of Public Policy