T-Reg Cell Kinetics, Stem Cell Transplant, REGALE Patients have
a type of blood cell disorder that is very hard to cure. We are
now suggesting a treatment that might help patients live longer
without disease than other treatment plans would. This treatment
is known as a stem cell transplant. We believe this may help
patients as it allows us to give much stronger doses of drugs
and radiation to kill the diseased cells than we could give
without the transplant. We also think that the healthy cells may
help fight any diseased cells left after the transplant. Stem
Cells are special "mother" cells that are found in the bone
marrow (the spongy tissue inside bones), although some are also
found in the bloodstream (peripheral blood). As they grow, they
become either white blood cells which fight infection, red blood
cells which carry oxygen and remove waste products from the
organs and tissues or platelets, which enable the blood to clot.
For the transplant to take place, we will collect these stem
cells from a "dono