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Edited by Anthony D. Ho, Rainer Haas, and Richard E. Champlin. 604 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 2000. $185. ISBN 0-8247-0273-5.

Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation was undoubtedly one of the most important medical advances in the second half of the 20th century. The 1990 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human diseases. This award served to acknowledge not only the enormous contributions made by these pioneers in the field of organ and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, but also the importance of transplantation technology to clinical practice.

Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation has led to the cure of diverse forms of cancer, bone marrow . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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