Shyni Varghese, a bioengineering professor at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, led a team to develop a bone-like implant to eliminate the pre-treatment radiation that kills stem cells in a patient’s bone marrow to make room for new marrow. The newly engineered bone tissues give donor cells space room to live and grow without having to compete with pre-existing host cells, which means the patient doesn’t have to undergo any radiation.
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