Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Bone marrow transplants can have a deadly side effect (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Bone marrow transplants are one of cancer care's striking successes, but they have a dark side: The transplanted cells can turn on patients, attacking their skin and organs. The potentially deadly side effect called graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD, strikes several thousand each year. The last decade has brought little progress in battling it. Last month brought another blow, as the Food and ...

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