The low-down on partial match stem cell transplant
Chris had mentioned something to Ryan on the phone last week about a kid that they met who was going to go to Israel to have a stem cell transplant (txp) from a partial match family member. The technique is called haploidentical stem cell txp and has been around for about 10 years. It was pioneered in Italy and there was a major European study that concluded in 2002. It is used in the US on children and adults in clinical trials at major cancer hospitals. From my searches online, it appears that Duke does them in adults and the Mayo Clinic is getting ready to start a large multi-center trial on adults as well. There are a bunch of inclusion criteria that I am not sure Chris would meet but it might be worth a shot. That way, I think almost any sibling could donate. I think Baylor College of Medicine has a trial going on too.
For more information on the procedure check out
www.haplo.org
For the information about the Mayo study check out
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00101140
posted by Christy @ 5:14 PM
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I'm very encouraged by this stuff, Tom says he's there if you need him. We had some rock slides here, Kat had a friend killed by the rock slide sitting in her room.
we are all trying to deal with the loss, and almost as a side note 2 homes were destroyed, it's been on the news alot here, but don't know if it's news there. We're on track to break records for rain. Lucky us,,, Connie
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