Patients who have been "functionally cured" of HIV underwent incredibly risky procedures. For most people, though, HIV is no ...
A reduced-intensity bone marrow transplant regimen developed by Johns Hopkins physicians provides durable engraftment with ...
Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show. When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice carrying a hereditary version of Alzheimer's ...
Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (SN: 11/9/15). But an ...
Novel conditioning regimen improves survival and engraftment in sickle cell transplant patients with low graft versus host ...
A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial ...
Today is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and the challenges experienced by ...
Bone marrow fills the cavities in your bones and produces blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight germs, and platelets help blood clot. Bone marrow disorders include ...
He became the first patient in Uganda to undergo a bone marrow transplant performed entirely on Ugandan soil by a local team of doctors and specialists at UCI. After 22 days in intensive isolation at ...