Report on study to reduce chronic GVHD

[Marlene]

New graft strategy may improve outcomes for blood stem cell recipients

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220110184837.htm

[Neil Cuadra]

The results are quite impressive, with a huge reduction in GVHD.

It's been known for a while that removing T cells could reduce GVHD. The problem was that it also increased infection and relapse rates. The key to this new strategy is to remove only certain T cells, and that seems to make a large difference.

Let's hope the method shows such great results in the randomized trials yet to come!