'Incompatible' donor stem cells cure adult sickle cell patients

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder primarily affecting the black community, using stem cells from donors previously thought to be incompatible, thanks to a new transplant treatment protocol.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news