Researchers develop new strategy to limit side effects of stem cell transplants

(Rockefeller University Press) Scientists in Germany have developed a new approach that may prevent leukemia and lymphoma patients from developing graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after therapeutic bone marrow transplants. The researchers describe the successful application of their strategy in mice in 'Exogenous TNFR2 activation protects from acute GvHD via host T reg cell expansion,' which will be published online Aug. 15 ahead of issue in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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