Strategy for mismatched stem cell transplants triggers protection against graft-vs.-host disease

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 14:14 in Health & Medicine

BOSTON--A new technique being tested in stem-cell transplants from imperfectly matched donors has revealed a striking, unforeseen response that can suppress graft-versus-host disease, a common and dangerous complication of mismatched transplants, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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