So the article also discussed the potential of stem cell treatment not working. A girl named Hina also had sickle cell, and got stem cell treatment. However it didn't work for her. She also had a bone marrow transplant. Her body reacted differently to the treatment. Instead of the cells repairing the messed-up cells she got a reacted called, Grapht-versus-host disease, where the donated cells basically attack her body. Its a scary thought. And the article also goes on to say, " The inability to predict who will flourish and who will not raises enormous conundrums". As it should!
Questions:
1.) What makes the difference in these reactions?
2.) Will researchers reach a point where they can predict the outcome based on tests run on the patients?
3.)What is the success rate of stem cell treated patients?
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