Armenia conducts first bone marrow stem cell transplantation surgery
ArmInfo. In Armenia, the first bone marrow stem cell transplantation operation was performed.
The first two operations in Armenia for transplantation of bone marrow stem cells were carried out in the Hematology Center named after. R.O Yolyan. As ArmInfo was told in the Ministry of Health, the head of the transplantation department of the Medical Center of Hamburg University Eppendorf Nicolaus Kreger conducted the operation with the assistance of the transplantology team of the hematology center.
"I congratulate the Armenian colleagues on the implementation of the latest method of treating malignant blood diseases. Difficulties await us, but the first step has already been made," the German scientist stated.
In his turn, Armenian professor Smbat Daghbashyan, assisting him, stated that now Yerevan is already listed on the transplant map of Europe. "Henceforth, we can receive patients from different countries of the world," he noted.