{"slug":"apheresis","tag":"apheresis","variants":["apheresis"],"description":"No description yet","count":1,"kinds":{"technology":1},"related":[{"slug":"gvhd","tag":"gvhd","shared":1},{"slug":"rejuvenation","tag":"rejuvenation","shared":1},{"slug":"survivorship","tag":"survivorship","shared":1},{"slug":"transplant","tag":"transplant","shared":1},{"slug":"treatment","tag":"treatment","shared":1}],"records":[{"id":"gvhd-photopheresis","kind":"technology","name":"Extracorporeal photopheresis for graft-versus-host disease","route":"/technologies/gvhd-photopheresis/","status":"established","tldr":"Blood is taken out through a machine, the white cells are treated with a light-sensitive drug and ultraviolet light, and given back. It is used for GvHD that steroids have not controlled, mainly skin and mouth, and it spares people more immunosuppression. Improvement builds over months, so it means two sessions a week for a long time."}]}