ROCHESTER, NY--(Marketwire - March 03, 2008) - Working for the first time with an adhesion protein-coated device implanted directly into the bloodstream, CellTraffix researchers were able to capture a significant amount of adult stem cells directly from living rats, the British Journal of Haematology (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/bjh/140/6) reported in its current/issue (vol. 140, no. 6). The article may be accessed without a journal subscription. Previous cell capture work involved sending blood and bone marrow samples through the same device outside of the body. The in-vivo version captured seven times more haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), the blood-producing stem cells that naturally reside in the bloodstream, than were obtained by centrifugation, and could improve stem cell yield and patient quality-of-life for common cancer treatments involving bone marrow or adult stem cell transplantation. Both the cells and the device remain unaltered after the new procedure.
