The use of hematopoietic stem cells from relatives who are partially matched for HLA provides some advantages for patients lacking HLA-matched sibling donors or fully matched unrelated donors.
Before contemplating the strengths and weaknesses of this study, we should take a step back and review how BMT practice has changed recently. Just a little over a decade ago, haploidentical BMT was ...
Use of haploidentical (haplo) donors for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has significantly increased in the last decade. The major advantage with this strategy is universal availability and ...