Latest Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Stories

HOUSTON, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the appointment of David M. Spencer, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Spencer, a co-founder of Bellicum, joins the Company from Baylor College of Medicine where he was Vice Chairman of Pathology and Immunology. Dr. Spencer is the co-inventor of chemical induction of dimerization (CID), a technology used to control a wide range of biologic functions in cells, and applied in the Company's two...

International study that included St. Jude Children's Research Hospital reports some young acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients who fail induction therapy can achieve high cure rates without bone marrow transplantation MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international study found that bone marrow transplants are not the best option for some young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who fail to attain clinical remission after the initial...

WILMINGTON, Del., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christiana Care Health System's Bone Marrow Transplant Program was recently awarded accreditation by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090407/DC95299LOGO) FACT establishes standards for high quality medical and laboratory practice in cellular therapies and is headquartered at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. FACT is a non-profit...

AMSTERDAM, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Invitation 17th Congress of EHA - European Hematology Association The Board of the European Hematology Association (EHA) has the pleasure to cordially invite you, as a member of the press, to the 17th Congress of EHA. More than 9,000 participants from around the world are expected at the upcoming 17th Congress of the European Hematology Association at the RAI Congress Center in Amsterdam from June 14-17, 2012....

A revolutionary physician-friendly integrated clinical information solution. Omaha, NE (PRWEB) April 07, 2012 OTTR™ Chronic Care Solutions, an Omaha-based clinical process management and informatics company, recently announced the launch of its new OTTRbmt™ – Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant (BMT) Patient Management System. According to CEO Lou Halperin, “This enhancement to our OTTR™ - Transplant Enterprise Suite is the next step in OTTR™ Chronic Care Solutions’ commitment...

New research in mice published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that the platelet activating factor receptor plays a role in graft-versus-host disease, a major complication of bone marrow transplants A new discovery in mice may lead to new treatments that could make bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and to be significantly less dangerous. According to new research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (https://www.jleukbio.org) Brazilian scientists...

NEW YORK, March 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, April 7th, 2012 from 12pm to 5pm the Newfield High School will host a Bone Marrow Drive to help find a compatible marrow donor for Board of Education employee Dianne Martinez. Dianne is a very caring and beautiful 39-year-old Hispanic woman who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in January of 2012. Dianne's only hope for a cure is a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately no one in her family is a match. Now she depends...

DETROIT, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center dedicated its new Joseph Dresner Family Clinic for Hematologic Malignancies & Stem Cell Transplantation with a ribbon-cutting celebration on Thursday, March 29. It was made possible by a generous $2.5 million contribution from the late Joseph Dresner, who passed away earlier this year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20071106/KARMANOSLOGO) Mr. Dresner was diagnosed with...

NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DKMS, the world's largest bone-marrow-donor center, and the organization's founding corporate sponsor Coty are excited to announce that Leighton Meester and Vera Wang have teamed up to encourage people to "Share the Love" by registering as bone-marrow donors to potentially save lives. Beginning March 28, 2012, fashionable consumers will receive a free "Share the Love" T-shirt, designed exclusively for DKMS by Vera Wang, with a $78 purchase...

Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a new drug makes chemotherapy more effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. Instead of attacking these cells directly, the drug helps drive them out of the bone marrow and into the bloodstream, where they are more vulnerable to chemotherapy. “We’re usually very good at clearing these leukemia cells from the blood,” says Geoffrey L. Uy, MD, assistant professor of...