Emily’s Miracle: How CAR-T Therapy Saved the First Pediatric Cancer Patient | Tom Whitehead

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In this powerful episode we sit down with Tom Whitehead, co-founder of the Emily Whitehead Foundation along with wife Kari and daughter Emily, to share their incredible story of the first pediatric cancer patient ever treated with CAR-T cell therapy. What began as a desperate fight for survival against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) became a medical breakthrough that has since helped treat tens of thousands of lives worldwide.

Tom recounts the harrowing journey from Emily’s devastating diagnosis at age five to the experimental treatment that defied all odds . . . including a 14-day coma and a last-chance arthritis drug tha ...