Rapamycin is a drug currently approved for immunosuppression during preparatory and maintenance regimens for organ and bone marrow
transplant in human patients.
Not exact matches
The finding, reported
in next month's issue of Nature Medicine, raises new questions about whether people could contract exotic diseases if animal organs become routinely
transplanted into
human patients.
The second cohort of 140
patients with
human leukocyte antigen - matched unrelated donor
transplants completed enrollment
in November 2017, with data expected from this randomized double - blind arm of the study
in the next six months.
She ultimately chose to study leukemia
patients» immune responses to bone marrow
transplants, an area conducive to translational research
in part because the work involves treating
patients with
human cells, which can be prepared at academic health centers.
Beilhack and colleagues found that a slightly modified version of STAR2 has a similar effect on
human T reg cells, suggesting that the approach could also prevent GvHD
in leukemia and lymphoma
patients after bone marrow or hematopoietic stem cell
transplants.
In 1988, Freed and his colleague Robert Breeze, MD, performed the first transplant of human fetal dopamine cells into a Parkinson's patient in the United State
In 1988, Freed and his colleague Robert Breeze, MD, performed the first
transplant of
human fetal dopamine cells into a Parkinson's
patient in the United State
in the United States.
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Patients must have adequate coagulation (international normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 times ULN) • Adequate liver function (total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 times ULN Exclusion Criteria: • Presence of active / uncontrolled central nervous system involvement • History of clinically significant cardiac disease; uncontrolled hypertension • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 45 % • Allogeneic stem cell
transplant within 100 days before first dose of study drug • Known history of
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection • Chronic or active hepatitis B or C, requiring antiviral therapy • Evidence of history of bleeding disorder, dialysis, or coexisting cancer that is distinct
in primary site or histology from the cancer evaluated
in this study • Serious, uncontrolled infection • Unresolved chronic toxicity > grade 1 from prior therapy • Use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or strong inducers within 7 days prior to the start of study treatment and for the duration of the study
Dr. Blaser is identifying the factors that promote successful engraftment of
transplanted cells
in animal models, which he will then attempt to translate into improved approaches for
human patients.
Patients receive one of two types of stem cell - based
transplants: autologous,
in which a
patient donates and receives back his / her own stem cells; or allogeneic,
in which bone marrow - derived stem cells come from a related or unrelated donor whose
human leukocyte antigens (HLA) are genetically matched with those of a
patient.
If successful, this may lead to therapies for
humans in which a
patient's stem cells will be reverted into iPSCs, then genetically repaired and
transplanted back into the bone marrow of the same
patient.
These kind of mice are an extraordinary resource for modeling
human disease; for instance, research has found that mice that are genetically mutated to carry the BRCA1 gene (a
human breast cancer gene) behave more similarly to
human cancer
patients than those mice who have had a tumor physically
transplanted in.
Cyclosporine is a modulator of the immune response that has been helpful
in both
human and non-
human organ
transplant patients.