Hematopoietic Stem Cell

SAN DIEGO — Before undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant, over 10% of patients had a penicillin allergy label but less than 1% had been tested for this allergy, according to a presentation here.

A pathfinder spaceflight investigation has flown to the International Space Station with a goal of expanding a population of hematopoietic stem cells that retain their multipotency.

In patients with active secondary progressive MS, hematopoietic stem cell transplants may delay disability longer than some MS medications, researchers reported in Neurology.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video perspective, Samer Al Hadidi, MD, MS, FACP, discusses presentations from the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition that focus on treatments that yielded better tolerance for patients with multiple myeloma.

Irving Weissman, MD, will receive the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology at this year’s ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients responded well to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a single-center study, with 83% having an antibody response after two doses, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Tanuja Chitnis, MD, senior neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of the new National MS Guidelines, spoke with Healio about autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant as treatment for MS.

A phase 3 trial of omidubicel has shown the graft modality superior to standard umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies, according to topline data released by the agent’s manufacturer.

A novel reduced-intensity conditioning regimen paired with umbilical cord blood appeared to be effective against several genetic noncancerous disorders, according to a recent study. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.

The number of APPs continues to increase considerably in the U.S., with higher health care costs and physician shortages — particularly in rural areas lacking health care access — driving this increase.