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Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant
Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer.
Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant
Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant

Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer.

Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer.

bone marrow transplant, immunology

Obesity-Linked Gut Bacteria May Worsen Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Asher Jones | Apr 1, 2021 | 2 min read
Altered gut microbiome composition in obese mice and human patients is linked with severity of disease after bone marrow transplantation, a study found.
Long-Term HIV Remission After Medicine Discontinued
Kerry Grens | Mar 5, 2019 | 2 min read
The “London patient” may represent the second person cured of the infection by a cell transplant.
Antiviral Immunotherapy Comes of Age
Lucas Laursen | Dec 4, 2017 | 5 min read
T-cell therapies are not just for cancer. Researchers are also advancing immunotherapy methods to protect bone marrow transplant patients from viral infections. 
Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Can Increase GVHD Severity in Stem Cell Recipients
Ruth Williams | May 18, 2016 | 3 min read
Certain drugs could worsen graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients, scientists show.
Done with Immunosuppressants
Jef Akst | Jul 3, 2014 | 2 min read
Adult sickle-cell patients have safely stopped taking their immunosuppressant medication thanks to a new type of blood stem-cell transplant.
T cells and Transplantation
Ruth Williams | Nov 13, 2013 | 3 min read
Drug-resistant immune cells protect patients from graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplant.
Immune Role in Brain Disorder?
Hannah Waters | Mar 19, 2012 | 3 min read
Replacing immune cells in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, a developmental brain disorder, improved symptoms, suggesting a new target for treatment.
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