Natural Killer Cells: The Next Frontier in Autoimmune Disease Treatment

Clinical breakthroughs show engineered NK cells can reset a disordered immune system — potentially transforming how we treat chronic immune diseases

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For decades, autoimmune diseases have remained one of medicine's most elusive challenges — conditions where the immune system, designed to protect, turns against the body’s own tissues. Now, a new frontier in immunotherapy is emerging, and it centers on an unlikely hero: natural killer (NK) cells, re-engineered to seek and destroy the rogue components of a disordered immune system.