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Ready-to-use cells are safe and effective to treat viral infections, study suggests

Anne Li                                                                                     August 12th, 2017                                    anne2001.li@gmail.com

 

Patients who receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant are at risk of developing potentially lethal viral infections. Some of the infections can be treated with available drugs, but they are not always effective and side effects can be significant. Researchers at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist have developed an alternative treatment in which virus-specific cells protect patients against severe, drug-resistant viral infections.
 
See original article at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808145531.htm

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