The treatment was actually developed for another purpose: to try to treat stem cell transplant patients who develop graft-versus-host disease, GVHD, that doesnt respond to steroid treatments, hospital officials said. " GVHD occurs when transplanted stem cells mount an immune system attack against the recipients body. The hope is that the treatment will work against MIS-C, too, because its also a harmful immune system reaction to a perceived enemy.
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