New genetic clues to why most bone marrow transplant patients develop graft-versus-host disease
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
A team of scientists has shed new light on why most bone marrow transplant patients who receive tissue-matched cells from unrelated donors still suffer acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The answer appears to lie in the discovery of previously undetected genetic differences in the DNA of patients and unrelated marrow donors.