Home         Forums  

Go Back   Marrowforums > Treatments > Transplants
Register FAQ Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Transplants Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old Tue Aug 25, 2009, 01:22 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 1,918
SCT and cancer vaccine

Hi all,
The researchers at Dana-Farber report that patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia or advanced myelodysplasia who received a cancer vaccine shortly after a stem cell transplant not only had few complications but also mounted a strong immune system attack on the disease.
http://www.dana-farber.org/abo/news/...-leukemia.html
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old Tue Aug 25, 2009, 03:44 PM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
Owner
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Los Angeles, California
Posts: 2,553
They give an interesting description of the "cancer vaccine" used in the study:
The vaccine was made by surgically removing cancerous or myelodysplasic tissue from patients and genetically altering the diseased cells so they would produce a protein called GM-CSF. When these modified cells were injected into patients as a vaccine, the cells began pumping out GM-CSF. Just as a matador's cape provokes the bull to attack, GM-CSF spurred the immune system to attack cancer cells throughout the body.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2nd Cancer after Treatment for MDS Data MDS 10 Wed Aug 2, 2017 10:24 PM
Back on track for a SCT Data Transplants 17 Fri Mar 4, 2016 05:31 PM
16 months past SCT and doing fairly well. The sage of my transplant, start to now rar MDS 7 Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:26 PM
My Husband is cancer free!!! bettyliz Transplants 4 Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:31 AM
Info on SCT flowerlady Transplants 1 Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:35 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:04 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Forum sites may contain non-authoritative and unverified information.
Medical decisions should be made in consultation with qualified medical professionals.
Site contents exclusive of member posts Copyright © 2006-2020 Marrowforums.org