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Stem Cell Research

Scientists join to develop laboratory model of immune system

Published in Hematology Week, June 13th, 2005

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have joined with colleagues at several other institutions to develop a laboratory model of the human immune system.

This model will allow scientists to study ways for improving the results of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation without putting patients at risk.

Researchers say the model will also be a valuable tool for studying how stem cells give rise to various parts of the immune system, including T lymphocytes; how immune cells kill cancer cells and fight infections; and how immune cells respond to radiation and chemotherapy, 2 major treatments for many cancers. A report on this work...

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