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A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Could Help Blood Cancer Patients

Cell grafts can help people fighting leukemia but they risk a dangerous immune reaction. An experimental way to filter donors’ cells might offer a solution. ....

Warren Shlomchik , University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program , Pittsburgh Medical , Clinical Oncology , Clinical Trials , Stem Cells ,

Novel transplant approach improves the odds for leukemia patients

A team lead by Fred Hutch physician-scientist Dr. Marie Bleakley has shown it can dramatically reduce chronic GVHD, a common debilitating side effect of stem cell transplantation in leukemia patients, using magnets to remove “naïve T cells” from the mixture of blood cells from a donor that are to be transplanted into the patient. ....

Warren Shlomchik , Marie Bleakley , Leukemia Research At Fred Hutch , University Of Pittsburgh School Medicine , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Gerdin Family Endowed , Leukemia Research , Pittsburgh School , Hematopoietic Transplantation , Acute Myeloid Leukemia , Peripheral Blood Stem Cells , Allogeneic Transplant , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant , Cell And Gene Therapy , T Cell ,