An alternative to high-dose chemotherapy and whole-body radiation may lead to safer stem cell transplants in treating blood cancers, other diseases

https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/new-technique-may-lead-to-safer-stem-cell-transplants/

"combining the targeted elimination of blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow with immune-modulating drugs to prevent the immune system from rejecting the new donor stem cells. With the new technique, mice underwent successful stem cell transplants from unrelated mice without evidence of dangerously low blood cell counts that are a hallmark of the traditional procedure. The data also suggested that such stem cell transplants can be effective against leukemia"