Cellectis S.A (CLLS)

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"A second baby with aggressive leukaemia has been treated in London with "designer immune cells" developed by Cellectis and, six months after treatment, remains in remission, the French biotech firm said.

Cellectis shares jumped 14 percent following Friday's news.

The first human use of the company's cell therapy made headlines worldwide in November when one-year-old Layla was cleared of previously incurable leukaemia at Britain's Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Details of the latest compassionate care case, also treated at GOSH, were presented at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy annual meeting in Washington.

The so-called UCART19 injection works by adding new genes to healthy donated immune cells known as T-cells, which arm them against leukaemia.[more]