Adults stop anti-rejection drugs after stem-cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

Half of patients in a trial have safely stopped immunosuppressant medication following a modified blood stem-cell transplant for severe sickle cell disease, according to a new study. The transplant done in the study reversed sickle cell disease in nearly all the patients.

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