Possible treatment strategy identified for bone marrow failure syndrome (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Possible treatment strategy identified for bone marrow failure syndrome

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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a possible treatment strategy for some bone marrow failure syndromes. Shown are human embryonic stem cells engineered to have a mutation that causes poikiloderma with neutropenia, a bone marrow failure syndrome that increases a patient's risk of developing dangerous infections.

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