Stem Cell Transplantation

Low-Intensity Conditioning Regimens Hasten Immune Recovery

Published in Blood Weekly, October 4th, 2001

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Reduced-intensity conditioning regimens lead to faster immune reconstitution after stem cell transplantation, according to researchers in Israel.

Dr. S. Morecki and colleagues and colleagues at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem conducted a study to determine "the immune status of patients with hematologic malignancies treated with a low intensity conditioning in preparation for allogeneic stem cell transplantation."

Low-intensity regimens produced a quicker recovery after transplantation compared with aggressive myeloablative conditioning, with no adverse effects on stem cell engraftment, Morecki and...

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