News tagged with marrow transplant
Researchers Discover Mutations in Two Genes that Cause Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team including researchers with the National Institutes of Health has discovered that mutations in either of two related genes cause a severe and rare form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ...
Gene therapy technique slows ALD brain disease
Nov 05, 2009 |
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A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French researchers have found. These findings appear in the 6 November 2009 issue ...
SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy'
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention the words "bubble boy" and many will recall David Vetter, the kid with big eyes and a thick thatch of dark hair who died 25 years ago after spending almost the entire 12 years of his life in a germ-free, ...
Finding key to cancer drug Gleevec's limitations
Aug 05, 2009 |
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University of Michigan researchers have developed an animal model that provides strong evidence why imatinib, marketed as Gleevec, helps patients with chronic myeloid leukemia survive longer, but does not ...
PET can help guide treatment decisions for a common pediatric cancer
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A new study published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) is an important tool for depicting the extent of neuroblastoma in some patients, particularly for th ...
Scientists identify key gene that protects against leukemia
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types -- a discovery that could eventually open the door to more streamlined ...
Researchers uncover signaling pathway that regulates movement of blood-forming stem cells
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a signaling pathway that helps regulate the movement of blood-forming stem cells in the body—a finding that provides ...
Race a factor in receiving transplant treatment for bone marrow cancer but does not affect outcomes
Dec 08, 2008 |
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A new study by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center Milwaukee, has found that African Americans and whites have identical survival rates after undergoing autologous (self donor) bone marrow transplant ...
Older age doesn't affect survival after bone marrow transplant
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Age alone should not determine whether an older patient with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receives a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor, researchers of the Center for International Blood ...
New study demonstrates how bone marrow transplant can cure sickle cell disease
Nov 07, 2008 |
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A unique approach to bone marrow transplantation pioneered in part by a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC physician has proven to be the only safe and effective cure for sickle cell disease, according to a new study.
