RE: New patent published for Haematokine18 Aug 2021 21:52
A few quick google searches :
Bone marrow transplantation is one of the most expensive cancer treatments, costing an average of $193,000 per patient; therefore, many economic studies have focused on the costs of the therapy.
Each year, approximately 18,000 people, ages 0-74, in the United States are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses where a bone marrow transplant or umbilical cord blood transplant (also called a BMT) from a related or unrelated matched donor is their best treatment option.
Stem cells are special cells that can make copies of themselves and change into the many different kinds of cells that your body needs. There are several kinds of stem cells and they are found in different parts of the body at different times.
Cancer and cancer treatment can damage your hematopoietic stem cells. Hematopoietic stem cells are stem cells that turn into blood cells.
I remember an interview with Sirpa where she made very clear that the aim of Faron was to work on therapies that have an unmet medical need , and whose market is billions .
Looks like they are making progress with another one .