Sentences with phrase «cell transplant programs»

Our pioneering work has resulted in one of the largest bone marrow and stem cell transplant programs in the world, with unparalleled survival rates.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Medical Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program

A specialist in leukemia, lymphoma, and blood and marrow transplantation, Dr. Collins leads the Hematologic Malignancies / Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and the combined Adult / Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Carrie Kitko, M.D., joined the Vanderbilt Pediatric Hematology / Oncology division as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program in June 2015.

The Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program is expanding the use of this technique for patients with solid tumors including neuroblastoma and brain tumors; a variety of high - risk hematologic diseases, such as thalassemia major and transfusion - dependent sickle cell disease; and other nonmalignant diseases.

Robert H. Collins Jr., M.D., FACP, is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of both the Hematologic Malignancies / Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and the Combined Adult / Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Our stem cell transplant program laboratory is specially equipped to handle all of the blood and stem cell preparation necessary for transplant, including apheresis (separation and collection of stem cells from the blood) and cryopreservation (freezing of stem cells for future use).

Moffitt has a stem cell transplant program, and most of the institutions administering CAR T - cell therapy have robust hematopoietic blood stem cell transplant programs because many of the steps involved in CAR T - cell therapy resemble a stem cell transplant, so those pieces are already in place.

Not exact matches

Richard Jones, M.D., professor and director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Johns Hopkins, developed a now commonly used assay to study ALDH levels in individual cells.

Rather, the group speculates that the transplanted cells secreted protective neurotrophins, proteins that promote cell survival by keeping neurons from inducing apoptosis (programmed cell death).

«This is such a prevalent virus... about 25 percent of stem cell transplant patients get infected [with rhinovirus] during the first year,» said Boeckh, who heads Fred Hutch's Infectious Disease Sciences Program.

«Because of relatively low survival rates and their advancing age, these patients tend to be poor candidates for aggressive therapies, like a bone marrow transplant,» said senior author Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Stem Cell Research Program at Moores Cancer Center.

«Umbilical cord blood contains an enriched population of bone marrow stem cells,» says Daniel Weisdorf, director of the Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the university.

«Our major CIRM - funded programs, aimed at engineering young stem cell - derived astrocytes to secrete GDNF, then transplanting those cells back into patients, take on even greater importance, given this aging phenomenon,» said Svendsen, the Kerry and Simone Vickar Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Regenerative Medicine.

«The loss of insulin - producing beta cells leads to type 1 diabetes, making it an ideal target for cell replacement therapy,» said James Shapiro, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta.

Through the UCSD Clinical Cardiovascular Cell Therapy program, Dib and collaborating cardiology faculty plan to conduct clinical studies in a number of areas, including the effectiveness of adult stem cell transplant as a treatment for congestive heart failure; as a way to minimize heart damage after a heart attack; and in the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to increase blood flow to the heart for patients experiencing chest pCell Therapy program, Dib and collaborating cardiology faculty plan to conduct clinical studies in a number of areas, including the effectiveness of adult stem cell transplant as a treatment for congestive heart failure; as a way to minimize heart damage after a heart attack; and in the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to increase blood flow to the heart for patients experiencing chest pcell transplant as a treatment for congestive heart failure; as a way to minimize heart damage after a heart attack; and in the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to increase blood flow to the heart for patients experiencing chest pain.

Although cord blood stem cell transplant is becoming increasingly promising, the Clinical Islet Program is not currently involved with cord blood as a treatment for diabetes.

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Additionally, she is the Chief Scientific Officer and Medical Director of the Robertson Clinical and Translational Cell Therapy Program, Director of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Co-Director of the Stem Cell Laboratory, as well as Director of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank.

Jerome Harris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics & Pathology Chief Scientific Officer and Medical Director, Robertson Clinical & Translational Cell Therapy Program Director, Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplant Program Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke Durham, NC

At the University of Chicago Medicine, the same team of expert physicians and nurses who provide inpatient blood and bone marrow stem cell transplant care oversee the outpatient program.

The Transplant Optimization Program (TOP) at the University of Chicago Medicine is dedicated to optimizing blood and stem cell transplant for patients at least 50 yeaTransplant Optimization Program (TOP) at the University of Chicago Medicine is dedicated to optimizing blood and stem cell transplant for patients at least 50 yeatransplant for patients at least 50 years of age.

It is through this research program that Penn has made significant advances in improving bone marrow and stem cell transplants.

Co-Leader, Translational Research and Interventional Oncology Research Program Professor of Medicine (Hematology / Oncology) Director, Outpatient Transplant Program Section Chief, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant