Gene-modified stem cells help protect bone marrow from toxic side effects of chemotherapy

Friday, May 20, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Although chemotherapy is used to kill cancer cells, it can also have a strong toxic effect on normal cells such as bone marrow and blood cells. Researchers report that one possible approach to reduce this toxic effect on bone marrow cells is to modify the cells with a gene that makes them resistant to chemotherapy.

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