Re: CD34 pos. stem cell enumeration question

From: Kenneth Ault (aultk@mmc.org)
Date: Sat Nov 17 2001 - 10:46:43 EST


I am sure that the reccomendations from Rob Sutherland are technically quite accurate,
however I would like to ask if there is any objective evidence that measuring either
post-thaw CD34 counts or post-thaw CD34 viability has any impact on engraftment?  Our own
experience is that engraftment (and speed of engraftment) is not a problem in autologous
transplantation - if adequate numbers of CD34+ cells are collected up-front then timely
engraftment is virtually guaranteed.  Do we need elegant solutions to non-problems?

  Ken Ault



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