• Successful stem cell therapy requires the exchange of diseased or non-functional stem cells with healthy ones. (ca.gov)
  • These healthy stem cells can come from either a donor or can be stem cells that are modified by gene therapy techniques. (ca.gov)
  • Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is the oldest and most common form of stem cell-based therapy. (ca.gov)
  • If the antibody treatment results a stronger blood system originating from a donor in SCID patients, this result would prove that the antibody could be used to optimize engraftment of gene-therapy modified cells and could be applied to the treatment the many other diseases that need a BMT. (ca.gov)