Key To Stem Cell Transplant Success Is Tricking Immune System
11th Sep 2005, 19:09 GMT
Tricking the bodys immune system into ignoring stem cells will be the key to successful stem cell transplants, according to Professor Maggie Dallman, Imperial College London, speaking at the BA Festival of Science. Professor Dallman is investigating how to trick the body into producing regulatory cells, which prevent the bodys immune system from attacking its own molecules, at the site of a stem cell transplant.
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