Enhancing stem cell transplants
Inhibition of peptidase CD26 found to increase efficiency of procedure in mice
Aug 12, 2004
Successful transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) requires both the homing and engraftment of stem cells to the bone marrow, two processes that may not be very efficient and force a need for large numbers of HSCs for transplantation. To date, is has been unclear whether these processes can be artificially enhanced. Now, a study in the August 13
The research grew out of over a decade of study on the clinical use of umbilical cord blood as a source of HSCs, according to senior author Hal Broxmeyer, from the Indiana University School of Medicine and senior author of the