The work was on the role of interleukin - 1 in the pathology of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), the mechanism by which the new immune system, which a patient
receives as a bone marrow transplant, attacks the patient's body following the transplantation.
Not exact matches
The New York Yankees» Bartolo Colon has emerged
as the exception this season after
receiving injections of adult stem cells taken from his own fat and
bone marrow.
GVHD affects up to half of the more than 30,000 people worldwide each year who
receive an immune system transplanted from a donor,
as either
bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells.
As a result, the woman
received more than three times the normal amount of iron supplements her condition required, leaving her with excessive iron deposits in her liver, spleen, and
bone marrow.