What went right this week: the good news that matters

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Scientists treated the ‘untreatable’, economies decoupled from emissions, and a ‘lost’ bird is returning to London, plus more good news This week’s good news roundup Revolutionary therapy treats ‘untreatable’ blood cancer A world-first gene therapy which turns white blood cells into a disease-busting “living drug” has reversed previously untreatable blood cancers, scientists said this week. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and King’s College Hospital in London treated nine children and two adults with T-cell leukaemia using the technique, which scientists said triggered a “deep remission” in the majority. Seven are still disease-free three years later. Developed by GOSH and University College London (UCL), the technique involves editing the genetic code of donor T-cells to target cancer cells without attacking the patient’s body. The research was funded by Blood Cancer UK. “A few years ago this would have been science fiction,” said UCL’s Prof Waseem Qasim. “Now we can take white b…