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Joanne Kurtzberg

Joanne Kurtzberg

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2025

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Overview

Joanne Kurtzberg is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, primarily within the field of medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses specialized subfields such as genetics, hematology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and physiology.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including mesenchymal stem cell research, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, neonatal respiratory health research, lysosomal storage disorders research, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, and neonatal and fetal brain pathology.

Joanne Kurtzberg has frequently collaborated with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Jaap Jan Boelens
  • Paul Szabolcs
  • Charles S. Cox
  • Elizabeth J. Shpall
  • Richard T. Maziarz

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, including:

  • Cytotherapy
  • Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries

Significant recent publications by Joanne Kurtzberg include:

  • "A Phase 3, Single-Arm, Prospective Study of Remestemcel-L, Ex Vivo Culture-Expanded Adult Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of Pediatric Patients Who Failed to Respond to Steroid Treatment for Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease," 2020, Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • "Standardizing Definitions of Hematopoietic Recovery, Graft Rejection, Graft Failure, Poor Graft Function, and Donor Chimerism in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Report on Behalf of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy," 2021, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Additional notable publications related to the broader scope of their research interests include:

  • "Cell-based therapy to reduce mortality from COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies on acute respiratory distress syndrome," 2020, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • "Cell-based versus corticosteroid injections for knee pain in osteoarthritis: a randomized phase 3 trial," 2023, Nature Medicine
  • "MRI surveillance of boys with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy identified by newborn screening: Meta-analysis and consensus guidelines," 2020, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Best Publications

  • HEMATOPOIETIC RECONSTITUTION IN A PATIENT WITH FANCONI'S ANEMIA BY MEANS OF UMBILICAL-CORD BLOOD FROM AN HLA-IDENTICAL SIBLING

    Eliane Gluckman;Hal E. Broxmeyer;Arleen D. Auerbach;Henry S. Friedman

  • Outcomes among 562 Recipients of Placental-Blood Transplants from Unrelated Donors

    Rubinstein P;Carrier C;Scaradavou A;Kurtzberg J

  • Placental Blood as a Source of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation Into Unrelated Recipients

    Joanne Kurtzberg;Mary Laughlin;Michael L. Graham;Clay Smith

  • Hematopoietic Engraftment and Survival in Adult Recipients of Umbilical-Cord Blood from Unrelated Donors

    Mary J. Laughlin;Juliet Barker;Barbara Bambach;Omer N. Koc

  • Outcomes of transplantation of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood and bone marrow in children with acute leukaemia: a comparison study

    Mary Eapen;Pablo Rubinstein;Mei Jie Zhang;Cladd Stevens

  • Effect of Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor on Hematopoietic Reconstitution after High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation

    Stephen J. Brandt;William P. Peters;Susan K. Atwater;Joanne Kurtzberg

  • Transplantation of Umbilical-Cord Blood in Babies with Infantile Krabbe's Disease

    Maria L Escolar;Michele D Poe;James M Provenzale;Karen C Richards

  • Treatment of adenosine deaminase deficiency with polyethylene glycol-modified adenosine deaminase.

    M S Hershfield;M S Hershfield;M S Hershfield;R H Buckley;R H Buckley;R H Buckley;M L Greenberg;M L Greenberg;M L Greenberg;A L Melton;A L Melton;A L Melton

  • High-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow support as consolidation after standard-dose adjuvant therapy for high-risk primary breast cancer.

    W P Peters;M Ross;J J Vredenburgh;B Meisenberg

  • Cord-blood transplants from unrelated donors in patients with Hurler's syndrome.

    Susan L. Staba;Maria L. Escolar;Michele Poe;Young Kim

  • A randomized controlled phase III trial of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (filgrastim) for treatment of severe chronic neutropenia

    DC Dale;MA Bonilla;MW Davis;AM Nakanishi

  • Randomized, double-blind trial of fluconazole versus voriconazole for prevention of invasive fungal infection after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

    John R. Wingard;Shelly L. Carter;Thomas J. Walsh;Joanne Kurtzberg

  • Related umbilical cord blood transplantation in patients with thalassemia and sickle cell disease

    Franco Locatelli;Vanderson Rocha;William Reed;Françoise Bernaudin

  • Impact of bone marrow transplantation for symptomatic sickle cell disease: an interim report

    Mark C. Walters;Rainer Storb;Melinda Patience;Wendy Leisenring

  • Sickle cell disease: an international survey of results of HLA-identical sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Eliane Gluckman;Barbara Cappelli;Francoise Bernaudin;Myriam Labopin

  • Intensive high-dose asparaginase consolidation improves survival for pediatric patients with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and advanced stage lymphoblastic lymphoma: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.

    M D Amylon;J Shuster;J Pullen;C Berard

  • Hurler Syndrome: II. Outcome of HLA-Genotypically Identical Sibling and HLA-Haploidentical Related Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation in Fifty-Four Children

    Charles Peters;Elsa G. Shapiro;James Anderson;P. Jean Henslee-Downey

  • Multi-institutional use of defibrotide in 88 patients after stem cell transplantation with severe veno-occlusive disease and multisystem organ failure: response without significant toxicity in a high-risk population and factors predictive of outcome.

    Paul G Richardson;Carol Murakami;Zhezhen Jin;Diane L Warren

  • Efficacy and Safety of Ex Vivo Cultured Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (Prochymal™) in Pediatric Patients with Severe Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in a Compassionate Use Study

    Vinod K. Prasad;Kenneth G. Lucas;Gary I. Kleiner;Julie An M. Talano

  • Outcomes of transplantation of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood and bone marrow in children with acute leukaemia: a comparison study. Editorial comment

    Vanderson Rocha;Eliane Gluckman;Mary Eapen;Pablo Rubinstein

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Wagner
John E. Wagner University of Minnesota
Henry S. Friedman
Henry S. Friedman Duke University
Eliane Gluckman
Eliane Gluckman Université Paris Cité
Michael S. Hershfield
Michael S. Hershfield Duke University
Nancy A. Kernan
Nancy A. Kernan Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Bruce M. Camitta
Bruce M. Camitta Medical College of Wisconsin
Elizabeth J. Shpall
Elizabeth J. Shpall The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mitchell S. Cairo
Mitchell S. Cairo New York Medical College
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
Vanderson Rocha
Vanderson Rocha Universidade de São Paulo

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