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stem cell transplants
Coverage of stem cell transplants in the Nexus archive.
- Israeli study finds antibiotics can reverse salmonella damage to stem cells in mice
A study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers found that antibiotics can reverse salmonella-induced damage to stem cells in mice. The findings suggest potential improvements in success rates for the 90,000 annual human stem cell transplants.
- Orca-T Approved to Prevent GVHD After Stem Cell Transplant for Blood Cancers
The FDA approved Orca-T (Tregzi), an allogeneic regulatory T cell-based immunotherapy product combined with hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and T cells, to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in stem cell transplants for hematologic cancers.