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Cell Therapy

Cord Blood Transplants Beneficial When Matched Donors Cannot Be Found

The majority of patients in need of allogeneic hematopoietic cell-transplants do not have HLA-matched donors available. Researchers recently performed a…

September 14, 2016

CAR-T Cell Cancer Therapies Hold Promise

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy harnesses the power of the patient’s own immune system to combat cancer. In theory,…

June 22, 2016

Donor Weight Influences Bone Marrow Harvest Yield

Although peripheral blood stem cells transplants have increased over the past few decades, bone marrow (BM) cells are still the…

May 18, 2016

VIDEO: Viability of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Grafts Affects Clinical Outcomes

Today we will be discussing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (or HSC) grafts, which are often used to treat patients with…

October 14, 2015

Autologous CD8+ T Cells Inhibit Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Mobilization but Enhance Engraftment

The collection of sufficient autologous hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) for bone marrow grafts does not always guarantee a successful engraftment. …

August 7, 2015

VIDEO: Biosimilar Granulocyte-Colony-Stimulating Factor

Today we will be discussing the biosimilar granulocyte -colony stimulating factor (or G-CSF ). G-CSF is currently used to treat and…

February 15, 2015

Cell-Based Therapies and Treatment of Cardiac Disease

Cardiac disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and Europe and costs health systems an…

February 13, 2015

Double-Unit Cord-Blood Transplants Are Not Advantageous Compared to Single-Unit Transplants

For over 20 years, umbilical-cord blood has been used in approximately 30,000 hematopoietic stem cell transplants for patients with severe…

November 7, 2014

Most U.S. Patients are Likely to Find a Match for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplants

Hematopoietic stem-cell transplants (HSCT) from either cord blood or adult volunteer donors are often used to treat patients with blood…

August 15, 2014

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Donation is Safe

As hematopoietic cell transplantations become more prevalent, it is important to ensure the safety of harvesting bone marrow (BM) or…

June 13, 2014

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