PUBLISHED: 06:32 EST, 11 December 2012
UPDATED: 13:50 EST, 11 December 2012
The cancer girl cured by the HIV virus: Seven-year-old makes extraordinary recovery after U.S. doctors re-wire her immune system to destroy leukaemia cells
Emily had been fighting leukaemia for two years but relapsed this spring
Her parents put her forward for a clinical trial as it was 'the only option left'
'We had 48 hours to make a decision or Emily could have started having organ failure', father said
Therapy, known as CTL019, used disabled form of HIV to reprogramme her immune system to kill cancer cells
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