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2. Multiple myeloma - Wikipedia

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   A 2016 study concluded that stem cell transplant is the preferred treatment for multiple myeloma. [107] There are two types of stem cell transplants to treat multiple myeloma. [108] In autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) – the patient's stem cells are collected from the patient's blood. The patient is given high-dose ...

3. Peripheral stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), also called "Peripheral stem cell support", [1] is a method of replacing blood-forming stem cells.Stem cells can be destroyed through cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation, as well as any blood-related diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, neuroblastoma and multiple myeloma. [2]

4. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Stem-cell transplantation was pioneered using bone marrow-derived stem cells by a team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center from the 1950s through the 1970s led by E. Donnall Thomas, whose work was later recognized with a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Thomas' work showed that bone-marrow cells infused intravenously could ...

5. Stem-cell therapy - Wikipedia

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   In 2021, stem cell injections in the US have caused grave infections in at least 20 patients who received umbilical cord blood-derived products marketed as "stem cell treatment". [79] In 2023, the case of a woman who was infected with Mycobacterium abscessus and sustained meningitis after stem cell treatment for multiple sclerosis at a ...

6. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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   This treatment ablates the bone marrow, and hence the body's ability to recover and repopulate the blood. For this reason, bone marrow, or peripheral blood stem cell harvesting is carried out before the ablative part of the therapy, to enable "rescue" after the treatment has been given. This is known as autologous stem cell transplantation.

7. Here's What Hepatitis C Actually Is—and How You Get It - AOL

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   In all cases, after just 12 weeks of treatment, 95 percent of people diagnosed with hepatitis C are cured. How to Prevent Hepatitis C Cured of hepatitis C, however, doesn’t mean immune.