Bone marrow transplant shows promise as Crohn's disease cure

[chosen]

http://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/ce...arrow-transplant-shows-promise-in-crohns.html

 

[InstantCoffee]

Doesn't a BMT require total body irradiation to kill the original bone marrow, or is that only in some cases?

Do you have to take anti-rejection medication for it?

Seems kind of extreme.

 

[Clash]

I think there are 3 members her that have been through this. Right off hand I can't remember their user names but you could use the search function and stem cell therapy to find their threads that documented their journey.

These members were at a point where their meds had failed them I considered to have refractory CD.

It seems by their last responses they had been able to maintain remission.

 

[Clash]

Here's one

http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=16284&highlight=Stem+cell

 

[Clash]

There are different types that are being performed some harvest the stem cells from the patient which one think is autologous and others get the stem cells from a donor.

Here is another journey thread

http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=10838&highlight=Stem+cell

The third thread is by a user jcmcbride I believe and the stem cells were harvested from her sister. You can probably find it by using the username in the search function