Since 1995, Dr. Maharaj has been applying his academic experience and performing evidence - based chemotherapy treatment and bone marrow stem
cell transplant procedures on a completely outpatient setting, with the main purpose of improving patients» safety by minimizing the risks of mortality associated with hospital - acquired infections and, ultimately, improving quality of life.
He has been performing safely and successfully autologous peripheral stem
cell transplant procedures in a totally outpatient basis since 1995.
Not exact matches
In a study recently published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, HSCI researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, have developed a non-toxic transplantation
procedure using antibodies to specifically target blood stem
cells in mice, an approach they hope will make blood stem
cell transplants for these patients far less toxic.
Beta
cells donated from deceased individuals have already been
transplanted into diabetic patients through a
procedure called the Edmonton protocol.
Hwang claimed to have perfected somatic
cell nuclear
transplant, a
procedure in which genetic material is removed from a donated egg and replaced with DNA from the patient to create cloned
cells that could regenerate diseased tissues or organs.
Coffin described how lab workers there had
transplanted human prostate tumor
cells into an immune - deficient lab mouse, a common
procedure for procuring a colony of
cells, or a human
cell line, for further study.
Patients recently diagnosed with type 1diabetes who received
transplants of their own immune stem
cells were able to go without insulin injections for nearly five years after the
procedure, scientists report today.
However, a new study published in
Cell Reports provides clues about how the dose of
transplanted bone marrow might affect patients undergoing this risky
procedure, frequently used to treat cancer and blood diseases.
The therapy is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for relapsed or treatment - resistant Hodgkin lymphoma, and it is commonly prescribed to patients whose disease has progressed after autologous stem
cell transplant, a
procedure that replenishes the bone marrow with the patient's own healthy stem
cells after therapy.
Clinicians have historically been hesitant to treat HIV patients with stem
cell transplant due to concerns that their immune systems would not effectively recover after intensive chemotherapy or that the
procedure would cause excessive toxicities or infections post-
transplant.
Regardless of the targeted organ for
cell replacement or regeneration, the shared challenges in
cell therapies for diabetes such as
transplant procedure and immune rejection will be well - served by the collective expertise within CCTD.
ONJ staff gave Suzi the confidence to begin treatment, a stem
cell procedure where her own
cells were treated and stored, ready to be
transplanted back at a later date.
An allogeneic stem
cell transplant is a complex
procedure and can result in some issues.
Mendez, a pioneer who first
transplanted fetal stem
cells into patients» brains at Dalhousie nearly a decade ago, is the only surgeon in Canada, and one of only a few in the world, who can perform the intricate
procedure.
Hear stories from patients who have recovered from leukemia and other blood cancers thanks to stem
cell transplants; the donors who provided stem
cells to loved ones; and the medical staff that cared for them before, during, and after the
procedure.
Procedures include purging of cancerous
cells and purifying donor stem
cells to minimize graft - versus - host disease (a serious side effect related to the use of donor
cells for
transplant).
The first patients to receive human embryonic stem
cell transplants say their lives have been transformed by the experimental
procedure
A blood stem
cell transplant is a medical
procedure for people with a variety of life - threatening diseases.
Treatments are limited — some patients receive
transplants of stem
cells found in bone marrow from which blood
cells develop, but donors are hard to come by and the
procedure holds risky complications for recipients.
Using a combination of half - match stem
cells from a related donor and cord blood stem
cells, haplo - cord
transplant opens the option of transplantation to nearly all patients for whom the
procedure was previously not available.
The
procedure transplants nuclear DNA from an egg of a woman with mitochondrial disease into an enucleated egg
cell from a woman with healthy mitochondria.
This study is exploring how to improve bone marrow
transplant procedures so the body better accepts donor stem
cells.
The combination
procedure is so intense that a bone marrow
transplant is done afterward, re-planting the healthy stem
cells back into the bone marrow.
Bone marrow
transplants for dogs is a relatively new
procedure that involves the use of Leukophoresis machines — the same equipment used in human medicine — that are designed to harvest healthy stem
cells from the peripheral blood.