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Published in: International Journal of Hematology 2/2019

01-02-2019 | Letter to the Editor

The world’s first clinical trial for an aplastic anemia patient with thrombocytopenia administering platelets generated from autologous iPS cells

Authors: Akira Akabayashi, Eisuke Nakazawa, Nancy S. Jecker

Published in: International Journal of Hematology | Issue 2/2019

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On September 21, 2018, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced it had approved a plan for the first-ever use of an experimental therapy on a patient with aplastic anemia and thrombocytopenia, which will involve the infusion of platelets generated from an autologous induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The patient had a history of rejection reactions to allogeneic platelets. …
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Title
The world’s first clinical trial for an aplastic anemia patient with thrombocytopenia administering platelets generated from autologous iPS cells
Authors
Akira Akabayashi
Eisuke Nakazawa
Nancy S. Jecker
Publication date
01-02-2019
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
International Journal of Hematology / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0925-5710
Electronic ISSN: 1865-3774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-018-02565-y

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