Stem Cell

Vedolizumab showed greater efficacy than placebo when added to standard prophylaxis for prevention of lower gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to a study.

Although gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men can serve as volunteer unrelated stem cell donors for people in need of transplants, they have long faced exclusion from donation and represent a largely untapped donor pool.

Stemedica Cell Technologies announced the launch of a phase 2b/3 clinical trial to assess the safety, efficacy and tolerability of a single IV injection of allogenic mesenchymal stem cells in patients with chronic ischemic stroke.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video perspective, Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP, discusses potentially practice-changing early research on treatments for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma presented at the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

A 66-year-old man is the oldest person yet to possibly be cured of HIV after undergoing a stem cell transplant, researchers announced Wednesday.

In this video, Paul Richardson, MD, director of clinical research at Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the phase III DETERMINATION study in multiple myeloma presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

In this video, Paul Richardson, MD, director of clinical research at Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the phase III DETERMINATION study in multiple myeloma presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Gene therapy appeared safe and effective for children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome without a suitable donor for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

A woman from the United States is the third person to achieve sustained treatment-free HIV remission after undergoing a stem cell transplant, researchers announced.

The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions were held virtually Nov. 13 to 15. The event included numerous presentations of new data in cardiology.