Could Baking Soda Fight Leukemia Relapse After Stem Cell Transplant?

For patients with leukemia and other hematological malignancies, donor hematopoietic stem cells can recognize and attack remaining cancer cells after chemotherapy. But residual cancer cells ’ immune-suppressing effects can thwart these transplants and lead to eventual relapse, requiring a donor lymphocyte infusion. A new study suggests that a treatment as simple as sodium bicarbonate—better known as baking soda—can potentially boost donor lymphocytes’ ability to overcome relaps e after stem cell transplants.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research