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New ‘pre-HSCT’ treatment could make stem cell transplants...

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:28 am
by MSUK
New ‘pre-HSCT’ treatment could make stem cell transplants safer

Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a method for stem cell transplants that may do away with the need for prior systematic treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy. If successful, stem cell transplants could be an option for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), an option now limited by the risk of severe toxicity triggered by the chemotherapy...Read more - http://www.ms-uk.org/new-%E2%80%98pre-h ... fer-160816