Stem cells in bone marrow are being used to treat EB

Posted: June 24, 2011 at 3:59 pm



Medical School researchers John E. Wagner, MD, and Jakub Tolar, MD, Ph.D., have for the first time used stem cells from bone marrow to repair the skin of patients with a fatal skin disease called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or RDEB (EB). This is the first time researchers have shown that bone marrow stem cells can home to the skin and upper gastrointestinal tract and alter the natural course of the disease.

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Stem cells in bone marrow are being used to treat EB

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