be rejected and all body organs that you transplant could be rejected so he has to be on lifetime immuno suppressive therapy to prevent the body from rejecting it and already was on that and that's why he was chosen and then there's 15 or 20 possible donors a year for children this age and over the next six months or so dr. levin and his team will watch him and so far already playing with an ipad and already using his fingers and his thumbs and they will see how well he does. >> that's just amazing. >> he also told me that his hands are going to grow with the body, will grow with the size of the body. >> dr. siegel -- >> dr. samadi, you're chief of robotic surgery. how does this work and what does it entail. >> important for people to know exactly what it entails. when you get a child like this at the age of 8, there's a lot of process that goes on before you enter the actual operation. is he a good candidate to get this transplant? psychologically is he competent enough to be able to follow? will there be compliance? major transplant programs in the country exclude people like him becau

that's different now with the advent of these immuno therapists. >> dr.ynn shuckter thief of whom at a tolling oncology at penn says one such drug is pep bro. it posts boots the immune system and attack the hell gnome ma cells wherever they are. bob's melanoma started on his scalp and spread to four lesions to his lungs. >> two are completely gone from the medicine. and there's only two left but they are shrinking. >> we also have interesting data from here at penn that combining radiation therapy and these immuno therapists may be particularly effective together. >> inside this radiation treatment room dr. jim mets showed us what mr. carter could expect. a mask the formed for his face would hold his head absolutely still as the radiation is administered. >> we come from multiple directions to concentrate in one area. >> with fewer side effects with an energetic step mr. carter left the news conference and headed to his first radiation treatment. at 90, mr. carter is spirited and a remission could last for years. >> hope for the best and accept what comes

is there new approaches with immuno therapy that i refs up the immune system.is getting a medication that stimulates his t cells and will attack his cancer. this type of treatment has many fewer side effects then traditional chemotherapy. he will be a able to tolerate his chemotherapy, even though he is 90, he is in good health and these new immuno therapies have much fewer side effects then traditional chemotherapy. >> we all know just how difficult chemotherapy can be on the body, you are trying to get better but it can make you sick especially if you are older like that. >> that is correct, the results of these new treatments are better than what we saw in the past. so, as somebody who was diagnosed we might not have considered treatment, but now these new treatments have a really meaningful chance of shrinking the tumor. sometimes they even go away completely, and interestingly the treatments are also effective for the brain lesions. for melanoma in the brain while he is getting radiation treatment, the immuno therapy is likely to help the brain as well. >>

. >> monica, in the world of biopharma, immuno-oncology is one of the hottest areas of research, andmedicine is the hub of that research, with dr. june and his team finding a potential cure for leukemia to now finding a rare disease cure for castleman's disease -- penn medicine, right here in our neighborhood, you know, the hub of all research in immuno-oncology. >> terrific. all right, jeff. >> well, next year's presidential election, the general election, pennsylvania doesn't have to be blue. what i mean there is not necessarily they're not gonna vote democratic, per se -- we'll see. but in the last election, mitt romney kind of called pennsylvania off, said, "enh, obama's gonna win it." there's been a memo that's been reported -- well, not reported -- shared on different websites that show that hillary clinton counts pennsylvania, along with wisconsin and michigan, as states she must win and pay a lot of attention to in order to get enough electoral votes. good news all around -- it looks like a competitive race here in pennsylvania. >> all right, nia. >> during the presidential c

approved the first in a series of new immuno therapy drugs. japan is already using this treatment and more f.d.a. drug approvals of expected soon. rusty cline said the decision to participate in a trial saved his life. >> the scan show the 95.4% reduction. the first day after treatment, i walked 1 10 blocks to meet a friend for a drink and got in a cab and went to the airport. >> amazing when you consider side effects most experience from traditional treatment. patients can most often live their normal life. >> what's most exciting to me as an oncologist is that these medicines are showing activity outside of melanoma. >> is immuno therapy the cure for cancer. >> there is no one cure. perhaps in the future, the therapy will become part of a combination of approaches that are used for a broad spectrum of cancers. >> with these new advances, if i as i says like this doctor are optimistic you will no longer have to fear the words you have cancer. >> you may soon see a nazi treasure. a train has been rumored to be filled with gold, art and guns. t

going to get very pinpointed radiation therapy, but in addition to that he will get a new type of immuno therapy called... and that is a medication that refs up a patient's t cells. these t cells can then destroy the cancer. in the past we did not have effective treatment for melanoma. this is really a new approach. it can be active in the brain. it is available now. f.d.a. approved about a year ago. interestingly, there is information that radiation, and these new medications together might be helpful. >> new what about side effects. people are thinking about the fact that he is 90. his body might respond differently because of this kind of treatment. >> unlike chemotherapy which has a lot of side effects these new immuno therapies have less side effects. he could tolerate it very well. he might develop what we called auto immune complications where he can get some diarrhea, a skin rash, other irritations but it is generally well tolerated. it is given through the iv. so in a vein over about a half an hour, about every three weeks. >> so what lessons should we all learn? every week in t

carter's treatment will include radiation and immuno therapy to help his body fight back. >> you know, it's really reassuring that he's tolerated that initial hurdle, the liver surgery to have the mass removed. he tolerated that quite well, so that speaks positively to his overall health status. jimmy carter is overall quite healthy and active, still. i think this bodes well for his overall recovery. >> reporter: since leaving the white house in 1981, carter built a legacy as humanitarian and diplomat, traveling the world seemingly nonstop teaching at university and remaining active in his church. last fall he celebrated his 90th birthday. carter had planned a november trip to nepal with habitat for humanity, but he says that he and his wife talked about slowing their busy pace. >> we talked about this when i was 80 years and when i was 85. we thought about it again when i was 90. so this is a time for us to finally carry out our plans. >> reporter: the president made clear his hopeful outlook has not diminished. >> i'm ready for anything, and i'm looking forward to a new adventure. >

. >> and now a new approach called spires, synthetic peptic immuno blair toe glare yer epi- totes. >> and eight should do the job. and hopefully four injections. they would typically administer four weeks apart. >> the idea is to use a piece of the big allergen that causes an allergic reaction and the peptide may be enough to trick certain immune system cells to change without the full blown allergy. and it is in clinical trials. patients getting spire and others a placebo. >> we don't know if the patient receiving active product or a placebo. >> this trial is for people who just have dust mite allergies but the company is developing spire shots for other common allergens. >> and clinical trials are now under way in the u.s. and europe but fda approval is likely still two or three years away. >> something to keep in mind for going forward for the future. time now is 6:26. up next, the day's top stories. >> police are investigating another violent robbery in central park. we will have the latest on the most recent crime and the suspect who police are looking for. >> plus, a cbs 2 exclu

. >> traditionally you do radiation and chemotherapy but there are these immuno therapy that i use theune system to destroy the cancer. i keep telling you all, if we can just hang in there another five or ten years, it is all going to be amazing. >> this was fascinating study you found, that if you listen to music that you really love when you come out of surgery, you want to heel faster, that your brain working on you. >> fascinating. i have a music background and degree. >> what do you play. >> trumpet. i have played so many weddings i had to go into medicine because it was less stressful. basically this study found that if you listened to music before surgery, and you enlist end to it while you are under anesthesia and you pick your own music, if you do those things it will reduce pain, reduce anxiety, reduce amount of pain medications that you need. >> i read study wrong, i thought it was after you came out of surgery. >> oh, in. >> before. >> before. >> and during. >> and during. >> and after. >> yes. >> but you have to -- now how does it do that fascinating concept? what they thi

targeted drug originally developed for skin cancer but has the right properties for her cancer and immuno therapy to kill any cells looking in her body. with this treatment a decade later she remains cancer free. that is a hypothetical but quite realistic example of what the cancer component of this initiative could achieve. as a longer term goal of this initiative. nih will launch a national research cohort of 1 million or more volunteers. we will play an active role how the medical and genetic and environmental information is used to prevent and manage a broad away of diseases. participants, some recruited from cohorts and new volunteers, will be centrally involved in the design and implementation of this process. they will be true partners but the appropriate privacy protections they will be able to share genomic data and biological samples. participants will have access to their own health related information. new approaches for detecting and analyzing a wide array of variables will be nishly tested in small pilot studies, focused on prevention of disease and greater numbers of people

how about smaller ones, particularly in the cancer immuno therapy area? >> we don't specifically have a farmal rating on some of those names. those have been high flyers this year. you are seeing a pullback with the space, with some questions around some of the safety of those. we don't have a formal opinion on those. i would say that names like that are reflective of the fundamental positive transformational things that are going on in biotech. cart. gene therapy. we feel very good about some of those names as well. >> michael yee of rbc. back to you. >> beautiful shot there in san francisco. >>> let's take a look at stocks right now closing out the week, it looks like with a gain, some calm after a very turbulent week. the dow is up 56 points. s&p up .25%. nasdaq up .01%. >>> ahead a top tech manager tells us why he is looking for big moves from social media. don't go anywhere, you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. ah! aflac? aflac! i thought you said this guy was the best? oh, he's a horrible stylist. gah? but he's the best at paying claim