Infusion of stem cells and specially generated T-cells from same donor improves leukemia survival
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 17:01
in Health & Medicine
In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation. Both the stem cells for transplant and the T-cells came from the same matched donors.