Stem Cell

High-dose oral vitamin A prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation reduced the incidence of graft-versus-host disease with minimal toxicity, according to study data published in Blood.

Among elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia, survival outcomes for those who received an allogenic stem cell transplant have improved significantly over the past 2 decades, according to data published in Clinical Cancer Research.

A multimodal phone app proved feasible for addressing sexual dysfunction among hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors, according to results presented at Tandem Meeting | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR.

ATLANTA — Stem cell deficiencies are considered noninfectious sight-threatening complications, so early diagnosis is critical, according to Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO.

A miniature, three-dimensional heart model, called the “heart-on-a-chip,” successfully used reprogrammed stem cells to determine cardiotoxicity of cancer drugs on the human heart, according to a study published in Lab on a Chip.

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Treatment with stem cells may be among the considerations in patients with ocular surface disease who have not responded to traditional therapy, according to a speaker at the Twin Cities Ocular Surface Disease Symposium.

Bioengineering company Ossium Health, which is developing the first bank of bone marrow collected from organ donors, has partnered with the National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match to increase access to lifesaving bone marrow.

Intra-articular injections of autologous adipose-derived stem cells or adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction significantly improve pain and function in knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Craniosynostosis — the premature joining of bones in an infant’s skull — may be caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to findings from a preclinical study reported in Nature.