Sophie Paczesny, Indiana University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Sophie Paczesny, Indiana University School of Medicine

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Researchers from Indiana University, the University of Michigan, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified and validated a biomarker accessible in blood tests that could be used to predict which stem cell transplant patients are at highest risk for a potentially fatal immune response called graft-versus-host disease.

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