Cellular Therapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)

The use of cells for the treatment of a variety of diseases is no longer a dream. Today, blood transfusion, bone marrow transplantation, the use of ex vivo cultured skin in wound healing, and peripheral stern cell transplantation, including the ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stern cells after high-dose chemo/radiation therapy, are routine. This high standard of knowledge and skills in cell transplantation might also re sult in tackling hitherto untreatable diseases. Organ transplantation is presently the only life-saving treatment for a variety of conditions. Important findings in cell and molecular biol ogy, the identification of hematopoietic, mesenchymal and neuronal stern cells, together with breakthroughs in the methodology for isolat ing, purifying, expanding, and storing human cells could make cellular therapy an alternative to organ transplantation in certain diseases within the next decade. Placental blood may be the source of choice in isolating naive progenitor cells for allogeneic transplantation. Immunotherapy is the most hopeful strategy to date for the treat ment of tumors resistant to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or hor mone therapy. It includes the use of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, ex vivo activated memory T lymphocytes, and cell-based vaccines."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings, 20
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	1997
Editors:	H. Wekerle • H. Graf • J.D. Turner
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
ISBN-13:	978-3-662-03511-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Surgery > Transplant surgery Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-662-03511-1
Barcode:	9783662035115

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