Nick Jones was out of treatment for his cancer . He is now cancer free after an experimental treatment . Doctors taught Nick 's immune cells to be adept at killing cancer . Right now patients can only get this therapy if they 're in a study , but Dr. Renier Brentjens , director for cellular therapeutics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering , says he thinks it could become available to all patients in just three to five years . Experts hope the treatment will quickly become more widely available .
Nick Jones was out of treatment for his cancer . He is now cancer free after an experimental treatment . Doctors taught Nick 's immune cells to be adept at killing cancer . Experts hope the treatment will quickly become more widely available .