Patent ID: 9682106
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61K,C12N

Claim:
1. A method of radiation-free hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, the method comprising: (a) administering to a mammalian subject one or two doses of 2 to 10 mg/kg body weight of a purine base analog selected from 6-thioguanine (6TG), 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), or azathiopurine (AZA), as a pre-conditioning step; (b) engrafting into the subject hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)-deficient donor HSCs within 48 to 72 hours of the pre-conditioning step; and (c) immediately administering to the subject about 1 to 5 mg/kg of the purine base analog every two to four days for two to eight weeks without allowing for a recovery period; wherein the method is performed in the absence of pre-conditioning via radiation, and wherein the subject is suspected of having or has a disease or disorder.