Researchers Find Regulatory T-Cell Clue To Help Prevent GVHD
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a serious risk in many kinds of cell transplants, including for stem cell transplants carried out when stem cells are partially depleted of conventional T cells, which play an important role in the immune system. Now, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have tested a process by which T regulatory cells (Tregs) can be "expanded" to help prevent GVHD.