Leukemia Survival Improved By Infusion Of Stem Cells And Specially Generated T-Cells From Same Donor

In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=256984

SA brings young cancer sufferer joy

Nine-year-old cancer fighter, Rose-Leigh Usher, on Wednesday expressed great joy at the news that Daily News readers, friends and family had helped raise the R500 000 she needed for a life-saving bone marrow stem cell transplant.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/sa-brings-young-cancer-sufferer-joy-1.1478774

Daily Five: Heathy Soup Competition

She needs a stem cell transplant. The dinner will be held from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on March 4 at the firehouse at 34 Broadway Avenue in Mystic.

http://stonington.patch.com/articles/daily-five-candlelight-vigil-for-perry-boys-tonight

Urea cycle disorder patient successfully treated by Promethera(R)...

HepaStem, a cell-based therapy for the treatment of liver-based metabolic diseases including Crigler-Najjar Syndrome and Urea Cycle Disorders, announced that it has successfully treated a patient with liver progenitor cells enrolled in its Phase I/II trial.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130301/Urea-cycle-disorder-patient-successfully-treated-by-Promethera(R)-HepaStem-in-Phase-III-trial-in-France.aspx

Extreme Life Extension Research and Development Fund Raising

Extreme Life Extension Research and Development Fund Raising Centagen is a biotechnology company that is developing life extension and medical therapies that utilize a patient's own adult stem cells.Only your own adult stem cells would be used, so there are no ethical issues common with embryonic stem cell use or side effects due to tissue ... (more)

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/press-releases/article/Extreme-Life-Extension-Research-and-Development-4318785.php

Leukemia Survival Improved By Infusion Of Stem Cells And Specially...

In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256984.php

News on Immunotherapy

Some T cells of the immune system are natural enemies of cancer cells. How they are prepared for their deployment in the organism appears to be very decisive in determining their effectiveness in cancer treatment.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/news_immunotherapy_210359.html