Stem Cell Transplants in Cancer Treatment – NCI

Stem cell transplants are procedures that restore blood-forming stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by the high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy that are used to treat certain cancers. Blood-forming stem cells are important because they grow into different types of blood cells.

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Focus On Stem Cell Research | National Institute of Neurological …

Stem cells possess the unique ability to differentiate into many distinct cell types in the body, including brain cells, but they also retain the ability to produce more stem cells, a process termed self-renewal. There are multiple types of stem cell, such as embryonic stem (ES) cells, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, and adult or somatic stem cells. While various types of stem cells share similar properties there are differences as well. For example, ES cells and iPS cells are able to differentiate into any type of cell, whereas adult stem cells are more restricted in their potential. The promise of all stem cells for use in future therapies is exciting, but significant technical hurdles remain that will only be overcome through years of intensive research.

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Cell Therapy Technology Global Market Report 2022: Increasing Cell-Based Therapies Focused on Treating Cancer Driving Sector – ResearchAndMarkets.com…

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Cell Therapy Technology Market by Process, by Cell Type, by Product, by End User, and by Region - Global Forecast to 2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The cell therapy technology market size is estimated to be USD 14,532.1 million in 2021 and is expected to witness a CAGR of 13.63% during the forecast period 2022-2029

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Cambridge researchers find a new way cancer spreads – Big Think

Metastasis, the deadliest and most notorious hallmark of the disease, gives cancer the ability to spread throughout the body, often overwhelming immune defenses and even the best treatments. Despite being a primary cause of cancer deaths, theres much about metastasis we still do not know. But now, researchers at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Cambridge Institute at the University of Cambridge have discovered a mechanism behind metastasis

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The Remarkable Research Of CAR T Therapy [Part II]: B Cell Cancers – Forbes

When treatments such as chemotherapy falter, the uncontrolled expansion of B cells can be quelled by ... [+] CAR T therapy. This recent innovation often achieves long term remission of B cell cancers, including diffuse large b cell lymphoma, b cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia and multiple myeloma. This is a series on the advances in CAR T, a remarkable immunotherapy treatment dubbed a living drug. The first installment lays the foundation for understanding how CAR T works.

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