One Crown Office Row | Bone marrow disorder appeal failsLinex Legal (press release) (registration)In this appeal Mr Meiklejohn contended that had he been required to give written rather than verbal consent to the treatment with anti-lymphocyte globulin…
Bone marrow disorder appeal failsUK Human Rights Blog (blog)In this appeal Mr Meiklejohn contended that had he been required to give written rather than verbal consent to the treatment with anti-lymphocyte globulin (ALG), he would have been better info…
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Two bone marrow transplant and five months in isolation – let’s hope 2014 is a …
Sunderland Echo After overcoming the potentially fatal condition, Bryant, of Hylton Castle, suffered bone marrow failure in January, and was given anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) treatment, which uses horse or rabbit antibodies, to try to fight the condition. But when … |
Fredon youth gets wish granted in AlaskaThe Sparta IndependentWhile the only cure is a bone-marrow transplant, the disease has greater than an 82 percent survival rate with blood transfusions and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) treatments, which consist …
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MDS Symposium 2013 Update – Day Two, Morning Sessions
The MDS Beacon Common immunosuppressive agents used in the treatment of MDS are anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine (Sandimmune). Dr. Passweg started his presentation by pointing out that immunosuppressive therapy is standard in the treatment of … |
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MDS Symposium 2013 Update – Day One
The MDS Beacon Specifically, the Canadian researchers found that 68 percent of patients responded to treatment with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) or cyclosporine (Sandimmune) for a median of 33 months. The two-year progression-free survival rate was 85 percent, and … |
MDS And AML Patients May Achieve Similar Outcomes Post Transplant With …The MDS BeaconIn addition, 95 percent of patients received fludarabine (Fludara). For the prevention of GVHD, 79 percent of patients received cyclosporine (Sandimmune) plus mycop…
Early Lymphocyte Recovery Following Stem Cell Transplantation May Improve …The MDS BeaconAs part of the transplant, patients received a high-dose chemotherapy regimen including cytarabine (Cytosar-U), busulfan (Busulfex), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), …
Cambridge NewsHow Zoe will spend her Christmas in isolationCambridge NewsHowever, when medics could not find a donor, she was treated in isolation with horse antibodies called anti thymocyte globulin (ATG). This treatment is a second resort as it is no…
Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) differentially depletes naive and memory T cells …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) differentially depletes naive and memory T cells and permits memory-type regulatory T cells in nonobese …