Sentences with phrase «receiving hematopoietic»

Researchers at Dana - Farber / Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report promising outcomes from a clinical trial with patients with a rare form of bone marrow failure who received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) after pre-treatment with immunosuppressive drugs only.

Omer, Tzannou and their colleagues conducted a clinical trial to determine the safety and effectiveness of pre-prepared virus - specific cells to treat five viral infections simultaneously in patients who had received a hematopoietic stem cells transplant.

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But for blood cancer patients who receive donor hematopoietic stem cell transplants as part of their treatment, graft - versus - host disease (GVHD) often hampers their recovery.

Patients who receive HSCT receive high doses of chemotherapy, with or without radiation, followed by infusion of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)-- rare cells that reside within the bone marrow and are capable of producing all varieties of blood cells.

When patients receive a bone marrow transplant, they are getting a new population of hematopoietic stem cells.