Results of a Johns Hopkins study may explain why a chemotherapy drug
called cyclophosphamide prevents graft - versus - host (GVHD) disease in people who receive bone marrow transplants.
Not exact matches
They found that
cyclophosphamide kills all of the donor's transplanted bone marrow cells except for stem cells containing high levels of an enzyme
called aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH).
A drug protocol
called COP (
cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone) is given to your dog for 6 weeks followed by methotrexate, higher dose
cyclophosphamide and lower dose prednisone for an additional 6 weeks.