Stool can soften GVHD

Can Treg therapy prevent GVHD?

In this issue of Blood, Brunstein and colleagues report the results of the first study to test the safety of human umbilical cord blood– derived regulatory T cells (Tregs), an approach designed to decrease graft-versus-host disease.1 Transplanters, like Sisyphus of myth, have struggled mightily with trials of pharmacologic immunosuppressive drugs—we roll the rock up the mountain, only to see it...

Paediatric Over-the-Counter (OTC) Oral Liquids Can Soften and Erode Enamel

This study investigated the softening and erosive effects of various paediatric over-the-counter (OTC) oral liquids on deciduous teeth. Twenty sectioned and polished deciduous enamel blocks were ground on the buccal surface (2 × 2 mm²) and randomly divided into five groups, immersed into four commercially-available paediatric OTC oral liquids (two for paracetamol, both sugared; and two for chlo...

Highly Resilient Non-Soften Thermoplastic Polyurethanes

Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) are a class of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) that are used in a variety of applications (1). TPUs exhibit low temperature flexibility, excellent abrasion resistance, high tensile strength and good processing characteristics. The current medical grade TPU’s have unique property that the flex modulus decreases (softens) when placed in the body. A new resilient...

[Post-transfusion GVHD].

The Japanese Red Cross Society has appointed representatives to Blood Centers nationwide to collect information on blood transfusion-associated adverse reactions, and data on 310 suspected cases of post-transfusion GVHD were collected during the 8-year period from 1993 to 2000. A diagnosis of posttransfusion GVHD was made in 61 cases based on the demonstrated presence of donor lymphocytes in th...

Rare cells predict GVHD.