Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation For Autoimmune Diseases

Most individuals with autoimmune disorders respond to conventional drug therapies; however, conventional drug therapies are not curative and a proportion of individuals suffer from autoimmune diseases that range from severe to recalcitrant to rapidly progressive. It is in this group of individuals with a severe autoimmune disease that alternative therapies have been sought, including hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).