Use of Stem Cells for Adults Receiving Related Donor Kidney Transplants Appears to Improve Outcomes
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Among patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing living-related kidney transplants, the use of bone-marrow derived mesenchymal (cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types) stem cells instead of antibody induction therapy resulted in a lower incidence of acute rejection, decreased risk of opportunistic infection, and better estimated kidney function at 1 year, according to a study in the March 21 issue of JAMA.
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