SUMMARY

Summary for Chapter 23: Stem Cell Transplantation



Summary for Chapter 23: Stem Cell Transplantation

This chapter discusses the replacement of a human being's patient's haemopoietic and immune system by stem cells either from his own haemopoietic stem cells or form another individual. The chapter discusses various parts of the body, from where these can be harvested including the bone marrow, peripheral cord or umbilical blood cord. A technique that is most common for such transplantation is Autologous SCT. High-dose chemotherapy usually damages vital hematopoietic stem cells, as well as tumor cells (Hoffbrand, Moss, 2011). Therefore, hematopoietic stem cells are taken out from ...