Using Stem Cells from Closely Matched Siblings Increases Sickle Cell Transplant Success, Study Finds

Using stem cells from a closely matched sibling increases the chance that a sickle-cell disease transplant will succeed, and the patient survive, a study reports. The study, “Sickle cell disease: an international survey of results of HLA-identical sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,” was published in the journal Blood. It…