For the first time ever, a patient has received an allogeneic stem cell transplant using a deceased donor graft as part of a blood cancer clinical trial at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University ...
Stem cell transplants remain essential for blood cancers, with expanded donor options including half-matched family members and umbilical cord blood. Cyclophosphamide has improved graft-versus-host ...
After an allogeneic stem cell transplant, a recipient’s body faces a daunting task: rebuilding the person’s blood-forming and immune systems from the ground up from a relatively small number of “seed” ...
DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA — A Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy is back on the job after months of treatment for a rare form of blood cancer. Deputy Mitchell McPherson spent weeks at Emory University Hospital ...