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Saturday, November 05, 2005

NIH Conducting Two Clinical Trials on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Lupus

Due to the absence of a uniformly effective treatment for severe lupus, autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been proposed as a potential therapy. Hematopoietic stem cells are immature blood cells that can develop into all of the different blood and immune cells the body uses. Researchers believe that resetting the immune system may stop or slow down the progression of lupus.

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