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ploi·dy

 (ploi′dē)
n.
A multiple of the basic number of chromosomes in a cell.

[From diploidy and haploidy.]
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ploi•dy

(ˈplɔɪ di)

n.
the number of chromosome sets in the nucleus of a cell.
[1935–40; see -ploid, -y3]
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The centre is also known for its innovative techniques in Haplo identical (half-matched) bone marrow transplants.
T-cell depletion was associated with very high non relapse mortality (NRM) after haplo HSCT all over the world.
HLA haploidentical stem cell transplantation (haplo HCT) is another alternative treatment modality where only one HLA haplotype is matched with an individual.
Herein, we describe the key role played by NK cells in the setting of haploidentical (haplo) HSCT as protection against leukemia recurrence, review the adoptive transfer of NK cells for leukemia immunotherapy with or without HSCT, and enumerate the novel approaches being investigated to enhance NK activity.
There's hope somewhere in the future and stem cell registries may go out of fashion.' She points to the 'haplo' transplants already taking place in SA, where recipients are 'half-identical' to the donor, making it cheaper and easier to find a match.
Due to haplo insufficiency of the 5 HOXD, EVX2, or DLX1 and DLX2 genes, SHFM-5 and other digit defects may be caused25.
Homozygous combination of calpain 10 gene haplo types is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a polish population.
A copy of a medical report from the Delhi hospital confirmed that Castro needed an "urgent Haplo identical donor transplantation" and that his mother would be the donor for the transplant.
A recently reported series described the loss of-function mutations in the KRT5 gene (9,10) These data confirm that haplo in sufficiency for K5 engenders an excess of unpaired, soluble K14 that is then responsible for DDD and points to a prominent role for the keratin intermediate filament cytoskeleton within the basal keratinocytes in epidermal pigment biology.
Because the genotype data were unphased, we estimated expected haplotypes and their frequencies using the haplo.stats software (Sinnwell and Schaid 2013) in R, version 2.3 (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria).