Thursday, 7 February 2013

Onset of Graft-versus-host Disease in Men Receiving BMTs from Female Donors Predicted By Cells

A clutch of cells that - if seen in a male patient's blood after receiving a brand-new immune system in the form of a bone-marrow transplant from a female donor - herald the onset of chronic graft-versus-host disease, or cGVHD was identified by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators. In this devastating syndrome, the patient's tissues come under a vicious and enduring assault by the transplanted cells. "The overwhelming majority of patients who ...

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