New hope for Crohn's patients: Immune-system transplants?
July 23, 2012
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018756084_immunetransplant24m.html
Source - Seattle Times
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center were approved to begin a trial to test whether a bone-marrow transplant from a healthy donor can cure patients with severe Crohn's disease by giving them a new immune system. The Crohn's Allogeneic Transplant Study's investigation team also includes the University of Washington, Seattle Children's and the Benaroya Research Institute.