Stem cell study offers clues for optimizing bone marrow transplants and more
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
A new study, conducted in mice, shows that successfully transplanted stem cells don't behave 'normally' as in a healthy person without a transplant. Instead, the radiation and high-dose chemotherapy used to wipe out diseased stem cells prior to transplantation appear to trigger 'extreme behavior' in the newly transplanted cells.