In-the-Womb Transplants with Adult Stem Cells

FRC Blog » In-the-Womb Transplants with Adult Stem Cells: Transplanting adult stem cells into babies while still in the womb could potentially treat numerous genetic problems. But despite the fact that the immature immune system of an unborn baby can tolerate donor transplants, with little risk of graft rejection, most previous attempts to transplant blood stem cells into a human fetus have been unsuccessful. Now researchers at the University of California-San Francisco have an answer–match the transplant to the mother.