Lecture 6: Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Question 1

What are the 5 steps of a stem cell transplant?

Answer 1

• Donor Selection
• Donor mobilisation
• Stem cell harvest and manipulation
• Recipient conditioning
• Reinfusion and recovery

Question 2

What are the 3 modes of transplantation?

Answer 2

• Allogenic
• Autologous
• Syngenic

Question 3

What does an allogeneic stem cell transplant mean?

Answer 3

Transplanting stem cell tissue from another individual with a similar HLA antigen.

Question 4

What does an autologous stem cell transplant mean?

Answer 4

Transplanting

Question 5

What does a syngeneic stem cell transplant mean?

Answer 5

Transplanting stem cells from an identical sibling. As such, this is obviously incredibly rare.