{"id":143258,"date":"2026-02-13T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=143258"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:48:07","slug":"ns-first-ever-inhalable-gene-therapy-for-cancer-gets-fast-tracked-by-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=143258","title":{"rendered":"(NS) First ever inhalable gene therapy for cancer gets fast-tracked by FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A first-of-its-kind inhalable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/definition\/gene-therapy\/\">gene therapy<\/a>&nbsp;for lung cancer that genetically modifies people\u2019s lung cells has been fast-tracked towards potential approval after promising clinical trial results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVery encouragingly, the hypothesis was proven \u2013 that there was actually shrinkage of the tumours in the lungs,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/providers.clevelandclinic.org\/provider\/wen-wee-ma\/4269589\">Wen Wee Ma<\/a>&nbsp;at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vjoncology.com\/video\/dnguthcvgjm-kb707-02-inhaled-kb707-for-lung-related-advanced-solid-tumors\/\">told a recent meeting<\/a>&nbsp;of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2515185-first-ever-inhalable-gene-therapy-for-cancer-gets-fast-tracked-by-fda\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A gene therapy that patients breathe in has been found to shrink lung tumours by inserting immune-boosting genes into surrounding cells <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dFHJ8yFptQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/dFHJ8yFptQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New Scientist (@newscientist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newscientist\/status\/2021618579951567313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A first-of-its-kind inhalable&nbsp;gene therapy&nbsp;for lung cancer that genetically modifies people\u2019s lung cells has been fast-tracked towards potential approval after promising clinical trial results. \u201cVery encouragingly, the hypothesis was proven \u2013 that there was actually shrinkage of the tumours in the<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=143258\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143258"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143262,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143258\/revisions\/143262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}