Transfusion Medicine
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ASH: HLA-identical sibling transplants “excellent” in eligble SCD patients
Key clinical point: Bone marrow transplants from HLA-identical siblings are frequently curative of sickle-cell disease. Major finding: Three-year...
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VIDEO: RBCs have extended shelf life, randomized trial shows
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ASH: Oral drug offers alternative to lifelong transfusions in sickle cell
Key clinical point: Hydroxyurea can substitute for chronic transfusions to prevent primary stroke in children with sickle cell disease and...
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VIDEO: Gene therapy repairs immune function in older patients with SCID-XI
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ASH: Longer-stored RBCs equivalent to shorter for children with severe anemia
Red blood cells stored for up to 35 days were not inferior to more recently collected RBCs for tissue reoxygenation.
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ASH: Donor CAR-T cells elicit responses in mixture of progressive B-cell cancers
Key clinical point: Allogeneic anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy showed promise in a treatment approach for B-cell malignancies persisting after...
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Heme Themes: Transplant timing for myelofibrosis in the era of JAK2 inhibitors
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CLL patients achieve remission with CAR-modified T-cells
Key clinical point: CAR-modified T cell therapy lacks the toxicities and limitations of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and may be an...
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HLA-matched sibling transplants provide best outcomes in infantile osteopetrosis
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Doxorubicin, radiation doses predict heart risk in lymphoma survivors
Key clinical point: Lymphoma survivors treated with autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (auto-HSC) had a significantly higher risk...
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia prognosis relatively good after transplantation failure
Key clinical point: The prognosis for patients with chronic lymphocytic* leukemia who have undergone failed stem cell transplantation (SCT) is...