Cell Therapy: Stem Cell Transplantation, Gene Therapy, and Cellular Immunotherapy (Cancer: Clinical Science in Practice)
Contributors: George Morstyn (Editor); William Sheridan (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 29, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 647
ISBN-13: 9780521473156
Subjects: Haematology; Medical; Cancer Treatment; Medical / Nursing; Transplantation; Science/Mathematics; Oncology; Medical / Oncology; Cancer; Cellular therapy; Hematopoietic stem cells; Immunotherapy
First sentence: The hemopoietic system generates every day approximately 200 x 10 red blood cells (RBC) with a mean life span of 120 days, 125 x 10 platelets with a life span of 8 days, and 50 x 10 white blood cells (WBC) with life spans of 6 to 8 hours for neutrophils, or months or years for certain lymphocyte subpopulations.